Ojalá [English translation]

Hopefully ("I hope that" context) the leaves don't touch your body when they fall

So that you cannot convert them into crystal

Hopefully the rain quits being a miracle that falls down your body

Hopefully that the moon can come out without you.

Hopefully the earth doesn't kiss your footsteps

(chorus)

Hopefully your constant stare ends

The precise word, the perfect smile

Hopefully something will happen that will soon erase you

a blinding light, a shot of snow

Hopefully at least that it takes me to death

so as to not see you so much

so as to not see you all the time

In all the seconds, in all visions

Hopefully I cannot touch you not even in song

Hopefully the dawn doesn't let out screams that fall on my back

Hopefully your name will be forgotten by that voice

Hopefully the walls will not retain the noise of your tired steps

Hopefully the desire will follow behind you

to your old goverment of souls and flowers

(chorus)

Hopefully your constant stare ends

The precise word, the perfect smile

Hopefully something will happen that will soon erase you

a blinding light, a shot of snow

Hopefully at least that it takes me to death

so as to not see you so much

so as to not see you all the time

In all the seconds, in all visions

Hopefully I cannot touch you not even in song

• Artist:Silvio Rodríguez
• Album:Al final de este viaje (1978)