Te Conocí

I met you watching
trains that never came back
You were waiting for another man at the station,
you looked tired
I didn't know what to say
An angel stayed
asleep in my throat

Finally time brought us together
like planets orbiting
You collected suns, you told me,
I showed you my wounds
You let your hair down
and tied the hours with your ribbon

And now I look at you
after so many years
I think I still owe you
many songs,
water the flowers in your lap

Time and its tides were
rocking us with its beats
The fierce song of a warrior swan
announced a new century
Men fell, walls rose
and you were still with me

Now I write you this song
Madrid stirs its stamens
I can't find the last verse
and my door opens
Come on, come to bed,
you whisper, Don't you see it's getting late?

And now I look at you
after so many years
I think I still owe you
many songs,
water the flowers in your lap.