Valparaíso Eterno (Puerto Esperanza)
Cecilia Echeñique
Eternal Valparaíso (Port Hope)
When the salty wind blows in our favor
and pain doesn't walk up your stairs
when your elevators stop crying
for those who once set sail
eager to forget.
When your cheerful hill starts to smile
and waves its handkerchief to the happy sailor
returning to the homeland after a long voyage
between tears and verses, I will sing you this waltz.
Eternal Valparaíso, port of my loves
sunk in your balconies, one day I could see
how a drunken angel drew your streets
and a magician invented your night of lights.
Valparaíso, just keep going with your joy
show us one day your naive freedom
don't sell your April sun to anyone
and give us your madness of love to live.
Don't sell your April sun to anyone
and give us your madness of love... to live
