El anillo del Capitán Beto

There goes Captain Beto through space,
with his fiber ship made in Haedo.
Yesterday a bus driver,
today a master among the masters of the air.

He's been on his journey for fifteen years now;
his equipment is as precarious as his destiny.
However, a strange ring
wards off his dangers in the cosmos.
There goes Captain Beto through space,
Carlos' photo on the command
and a River Plate pennant
and the sad holy card of a saint.

Where is the place everyone calls heaven?
If no one comes here
to share some mate like on my old doorstep
Why did I come here, if I can't stand the loneliness anymore?
I can't stand the loneliness anymore.

His ring immunizes him against dangers,
but it doesn't protect him from sadness.
Navigating the galaxy of Man,
there goes Captain Beto, the wanderer.
Where will there be a city where someone whistles a tango?

Where are, where are
the garbage trucks, my old lady, and the coffee?
If this continues like this, not even a sad shadow will remain,
not even a sad shadow will remain.

There goes Captain Beto through space,
watering the geraniums in his cabin.
Without a compass and without a radio,
he will never be able to return to Earth.
It took many years to find him.
Beto's ring had a symbol of the soul inscribed on it.