La Primera Mentira
Silvio Rodriguez
The First Lie
When I was in an enchanted forest
I noticed with astonishment that a stone was singing to me
That a stone was singing to me with modulations
And with the timbre of a tenor, a tenor
Under the stone there was a hibernating toad
And I knew it was the toad that was singing
That it was the toad that was singing
And I kept looking for wonders to know, to know
I wanted a princess turned into a dragon
I wanted the wizard's axe to put it in my bag
I wanted a golden fleece for a kingdom
I wanted Virgil to take me to hell
I wanted to go to heaven on a planted bean
And that's it
From afar I saw a fountain shining and ran towards it
For it had golden waters
For it had golden waters
That color was unmistakable like honey, like honey
The Sun reflected in the abandoned fountain
And I knew it was the Sun that was shining
That it was the Sun that was shining
Disillusioned twice, I walked away, walked away
I wanted a princess turned into a dragon
I wanted the wizard's axe to put it in my bag
I wanted a golden fleece for a kingdom
I wanted Virgil to take me to hell
I wanted to go to heaven on a planted bean
And that's it
After a thousand failures like these
I felt very foolish, I had been deceived
We had been deceived
And I went to look for the first man who lied, who lied
I walked the roads, I traveled the paths
But when I found the culprit, ah!
But when I found the culprit
Drowning in tears, he asked me, he asked me
I want a princess turned into a dragon
I want the wizard's axe to put it in my bag
I want a golden fleece for a kingdom
I want Virgil to take me to hell
I wanted to go to heaven on a planted bean
And that's it