Mujer Con Sombrero
Silvio Rodriguez
Woman with Hat
I didn't come to you, you came to me...
I wasn't expecting you and I kissed you
It is supposed that I should be silent
It is supposed that I should laugh
It is supposed that... I shouldn't protest
It is supposed that you are a gift
That broke right away for me
And now, nothing, the usual
It is supposed that you are the hat for a party
One of those cardboard ones, for the occasion
Oh! woman...
If you knew how briefly the light entered
In a child's house, in a tall building
And that it was the awaited time of departure
You wouldn't have kissed my shoulder once
Oh! woman...
If you knew how briefly that light entered
In a house, called the night
In a house where there was no other door
Than the reason of that faithless child
Now it is supposed and nothing more
I would also like to assume
That cowardice didn't exist
That it's an old bedtime story
But I remain... in the middle of myself
And in the middle of the same walls
Smiling at friends
Going there, having breakfast
But I remain here applauding once again
The ghosts of six
Oh! woman...
I hope that with you love ends
I hope you have killed my last hunger
That the ridiculous ends relentlessly with me
And I, a faithful dog, turn it into a song
Oh! woman...
Don't blame yourself, blame is a game of chance
No one knows how bad you can be laughing
Nor how cruel a gift could turn out
Don't be scared of the day that will end
Don't be scared of the bridges falling into the sea
Don't be scared of my final laughter.