Memorias de Una Vieja Canción
Luciano Pereyra
Memories of an Old Song
This sunless day is all mine
So much cold hits my windows
An old song on my guitar
An old song is unforgettable
It's the same one that once brought us together
On the distant beaches of your old country
And autumn, seeing its leaves fall
Comes to me and wets me
With its gray drizzle
Why do I not forget your song?
Is it because I loved you so much?
That here, sitting in this room
On this same table
Last night, I cried for you
Why do I not forget your song?
If the river goes and never returns?
Eternal clock of the hours
And that song that cries on my windowpane
Suffering does not die from dying
Love never dies from forgetting
Nor does your smile die in my room
Smoking in the late night, you are with me
With the wounded compass navigating
My sailboat in the smoke of a cigarette
It leans on your distant harbor
To see its anchors again, but it will not return
Why do I not forget your song?
Is it because I loved you so much?
And here, sitting in this room
On this same table
Last night, I cried for you
Why do I not forget your song?
If the river goes and never returns?
Eternal clock of the hours
And that song that cries on my windowpane
On my windowpane
Suffering does not die from dying
Love never dies from forgetting
Nor does your smile die in my room
Smoking in the late night, you are with me
With the wounded compass navigating
My sailboat in the smoke of a cigarette
It leans on your distant harbor
To see its anchors again, but it will not return
Why do I not forget your song?
Is it because I loved you so much?
That here, sitting in this room
On this same table
Last night, I cried for you
Why do I not forget your song?
If the river goes and never returns?
Eternal clock of the hours
And that song that cries on my windowpane
