Valparaíso En La Noche
Ángel Parra
Valparaíso at Night
Valparaíso at night,
I feel your dancing steps,
They’re tracing my body,
They’re waking up my blood,
Valparaíso at night,
You’re freer than the air.
Your streets like knives
Are piercing the sky.
Your face like a dream,
So poor, dirty, and so beautiful.
Valparaíso in my soul,
Green and red in the memory.
Valparaíso at night,
Princesses and kings are rising.
They marry and love the king
And become widows when dawn breaks,
Valparaíso at night.
Valparaíso, at night
I’ve seen God hand in hand,
With death in storms,
Love in the summer,
I have so much to tell you,
I’ve changed in the distance.
I stepped away from your sea
And turned to dust from sand,
I approached the mountain and looked
And you stayed on the surface.
I stepped away from your sea
And turned to dust from sand.
Valparaíso, here I am,
Recognizing your door.
I come from far away, tired,
To turn into sand,
To sleep under your arm,
To sleep under your land.
