Alfonsina y el mar [English translation]

On the soft sand that the sea touches

Her footprints won't be seen again

A path just of pain and silence

Came

Til the deep water,

A path just of muted pains

Came

Til the foam.

God knows the anguish that accompanied you

What old griefs silenced your voice

To lie down lulled by the singing

Of the seashells

The song that sings in the depth

Dark of the sea

The shell

You leave Alfonsina with your loneliness

What new poems you went to search?

An old voice of wind and salt

Breaks once again your soul and it is taking it

And you go to there like in dreams

Slept, Alfonsina, dressed of sea...

Five mermaids will take you

On roads of seaweed and choral

And phosphorescent seahorses

Will do

A round by your side

And the people from the water will play

Soon by your side.

Put the lamp down a little more

Let me to sleep in peace, nurse

And if he calls don't tell him I am here

Tell him that Alfonsina won't come back. .

And if he calls, don't ever tell him that I'm here

Tell him I have gone...

You leave Alfonsina with your loneliness

What new poems you went to search?

An old voice of wind and salt

Breaks once again your soul and it is taking it

And you go to there like in dreams

Slept, Alfonsina, dressed of sea...

• Artist:Mercedes Sosa
• Album:Mujeres Argentinas (1969)