Volver a Los Diecisiete

Returning to seventeen
After living a century
It's like deciphering signs
Without being a competent sage
Returning suddenly
As fragile as a second
Returning to feel deep
Like a child in front of God
That's what I feel
In this fertile moment

It keeps entangling, entangling
Like ivy on the wall
And it keeps sprouting, sprouting
Like moss on the stone
Like moss on the stone
Oh yes yes yes

My step backward
While yours advances
The arc of alliances
Has penetrated my nest
With all its colorfulness
It has walked through my veins
And even the hard chains
With which destiny binds us
Is like a fine diamond
That illuminates my serene soul

It keeps entangling, entangling
Like ivy on the wall
And it keeps sprouting, sprouting
Like moss on the stone
Like moss on the stone
Oh yes yes yes

What feeling can do
Knowledge has not been able to do
Nor the clearest procedure
Nor the widest thought
The moment changes everything
Like a condescending magician
It gently distances us
From resentments and violence
Only love with its science
Makes us so innocent

It keeps entangling, entangling
Like ivy on the wall
And it keeps sprouting, sprouting
Like moss on the stone
Like moss on the stone
Oh yes yes yes

Love is a whirlwind
Of original purity
Even the fierce animal
Whispers its sweet trill
It stops the pilgrims
Frees the prisoners
Love with its efforts
Turns the old into a child
And only affection turns the bad
Pure and sincere

It keeps entangling, entangling
Like ivy on the wall
And it keeps sprouting, sprouting
Like moss on the stone
Like moss on the stone
Oh yes yes yes

Wide open in the window
It opened as if by magic
Love entered with its cloak
Like a warm morning
To the sound of its beautiful reveille
It made the jasmine bloom
Flying like a seraph
It adorned the sky with earrings
And the cherub turned my years
Into seventeen

It keeps entangling, entangling
Like ivy on the wall
And it keeps sprouting, sprouting
Like moss on the stone
Like moss on the stone
Oh yes yes yes