Cuando Baja La Marea

Air, on this beautiful summer afternoon
Your memory is a gray photo
That the waves are blurring
How difficult to draw your features
Midday after leaving

Air, if your eyes were black figs
If your teeth lemon slices
I don't remember the arch of your eyebrows
I can't even barely talk
About anything other than your scent

The mind when the tide goes out
Out of pure instinct for preservation
Tries to cauterize every trace
Left behind by the passage of love

The mind when the tide goes out
Revealing the structure of pain
Activates a defense mechanism
So the heart doesn't drown

(Air)
I'm out of breath
(In this beautiful summer afternoon)
I can't describe you
(Your memory is a gray photo)
Just outlined
(That the waves are blurring)
Oh, no

(Air)
I try to draw
(I see your features, I can hardly see)
No matter how hard I try
(How difficult it is to recognize)
With everything we loved
(That you have barely left a trace)

Air, now when the tide goes out
And the shipwreck is complete
What a pity