Marinera

Thick with mist from all the seas
And your face full of curiosity,
You arrived on a ship that came to these shores
From a distant country like your anxiety.
Your eyes had the sweetness of January
With a lofty gesture towards daydreams.
Freshness in the soul, your foreign accent,
I don't know what destiny joined me to your illusion.

Marinera...
I still feel trembling
Your hand placed in mine
Dreaming by the shore.
Marinera...
Flower of foam so distant
That I found one morning
And like wine, it left.
Marinera...
I have the memory engraved
Of that love I left
Aching from the wait.
Marinera...
I will never be able to forget you
And even if I can never find you
I will always, always love you.

You left one autumn that the port wept
The musty sadness of a gray fatigue.
Amazement in your eyes, your golden braids
And withered soul heading towards your country.
I watched with sorrow as it disappeared
Towards the horizon, what I loved so much.
The evening seemed to rhyme with my anguish
And in rhythm we cried for what was lost.