De Cartón Piedra
Joan Manuel Serrat; Juan Alberto Amargos; OBC Lyrics

Era la gloria vestida de tul
The woman was dressed in glory, wearing tulle fabric.

Con la mirada lejana y azul
She had a distant and blue look on her face.

Que sonreía en un escaparate
She smiled from a storefront window.

Con la boquita menuda y granate,
Her small and garnet-colored lips were pursed.

Y unos zapatos de falso charol
She wore fake patent leather shoes.

Que chispeaban al roce del sol.
The shoes sparkled in the sunlight.

Limpia y bonita. Siempre iba a la moda.
She was clean and beautiful, always up-to-date with fashion.

Arregladita como pa' ir de boda.
She was dressed up as if going to a wedding.

Y yo, a todas horas la iba a ver
I went to see her all the time.

Porque yo amaba a esa mujer
Because I loved that woman.

De cartón piedra,
The woman was a cardboard cutout.

Que de San Esteban a Navidades,
From the holiday season of San Esteban to Christmas,

Entre saldos y novedades,
Amidst sales and new releases,

Hacía más tierna mi acera.
She made my sidewalk more tender.

No era como esas muñecas de abril
She wasn't like those April dolls.

Que me arañaron de frente y perfil.
The ones that scratched me from front and back.

Que se comieron mi naranja a gajos.
Those dolls that ate my orange slice by slice.

Que me arrancaron la ilusión de cuajo,
They completely destroyed my hope.

Y con la presteza que da el alquiler,
They moved on quickly, like tenants.

Olvida el aire que respiró ayer
They forget the air they breathed yesterday.

Y juega las cartas que le da el momento
They play the cards that the moment deals them.

Mañana es sólo un adverbio de tiempo.
To them, tomorrow is just an adverb of time.

No. Ella esperaba en su vitrina
No, the woman waited in her storefront window.

Verme doblar aquella esquina
She waited to see me turn the corner.

Como una novia.
She waited for me like a bride.

Como un pajarillo, pidiéndome
Like a little bird, she asked me

Libérame, libérame
To set her free, to set her free.

Y huyamos a escribir la historia.
And let's escape to write our story.

De una pedrada me cargué el cristal
I broke the glass with a single stone.

Y corrí, corrí con ella hasta mi portal.
And I ran, I ran with her to my doorstep.

Todo su cuerpo me tembló en los brazos.
Her whole body trembled in my arms.

Nos sonreía la luna de marzo.
The March moon smiled at us.

Bajo la lluvia bailamos un vals,
We danced a waltz under the rain,

Un, dos, tres, un, dos, tres, todo daba igual,
One, two, three, one, two, three, nothing else mattered.

Y yo le hablaba de nuestro futuro,
I spoke to her about our future,

Y ella lloraba en silencio, os lo juro!
And she cried silently, I swear to you!

Y entre cuatro paredes y un techo
And within four walls and a ceiling,

Se reventó contra su pecho
She burst against my chest.

Pena tras pena.
Sorrow after sorrow.

Tuve entre mis manos el universo
I held the universe in my hands.

E hicimos del pasado un verso
And we turned the past into a verse.

Perdido dentro de un poema.
Lost inside a poem.

Y entonces, llegaron ellos
And then, they arrived.

Me sacaron a empujones de mi casa
They pushed me out of my house.

Y me encerraron entre estas cuatro paredes blancas,
And they locked me up within these four white walls,

Donde vienen a verme mis amigos
Where my friends come to visit me,

De mes en mes, de dos en dos y de seis a siete.
Once a month, two at a time, and from six to seven.