Oh, Melancolía [English translation]

Today the damsel solitude comes to me

with picture hat, impertinents and a button

of poppy in the swell of its flights.

Today the fickle little lady is friendship

and caresses finally the heart

with its thinnest ice petal.

That's why today

gently I invite you to stroll

around the patio, to the flowered block

of that tree that the grandparents planted.

Today the daydream is like the moss on the curb

drawing the abysses of a love

melancholic, subtle, pale sky.

It comes to me, it advances,

it comes to me so slowly,

it comes in a dance

light in space.

I pass, I become straight

and I fly already, bird

The ship rocks

slowly like tulle,

in the soft breeze

girl of the blue.

Oh melancholy, silent bride

intimate partner of yesterday.

Oh melancholy, lucky lover,

your pleasure always captivates me.

Oh melancholy, mistress of time,

kiss that returns like the sea.

Oh melancholy, rose of breath,

tell me who can love me.

• Artist:Silvio Rodríguez
• Album:¡Oh! Melancolía (1988)