Silvio Rodríguez "Mariposas" lyrics

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Mariposas

Hoy viene a ser como la cuarta vez que esperodesde que sé que no vendrás más nunca.He vuelto a ser aquel cantar del aguaceroque hizo casi legal su abrazo en tu cintura.

Y tú apareces en mi ventana,suave y pequeña, con alas blancas.Yo ni respiro para que duermasy no te vayas.

Que maneras más curiosasde recordar tiene uno,que maneras más curiosas:hoy recuerdo mariposasque ayer sólo fueron humo,mariposas, mariposasque emergieron de lo oscurobailarinas, silenciosas.

Tu tiempo es ahora una mariposa,navecita blanca, delgada, nerviosa.Siglos atrás inundaron un segundodebajo del cielo, encima del mundo

Así eras tú en aquellas tardes divertidas,así eras tú de furibunda compañera.Eras como esos días en que eres la viday todo lo que tocas se hace primavera.Ay, mariposa, tú eres el almade los guerreros que aman y cantan,y eres el nuevo ser que se asoma por mi garganta

Que maneras más curiosasde recordar tiene uno,que maneras más curiosas:hoy recuerdo mariposasque ayer sólo fueron humo,mariposas, mariposasque emergieron de lo oscurobailarinas, silenciosas,

Tu tiempo es ahora una mariposa,navecita blanca, delgada, nerviosa,Siglos atrás inundaron un segundodebajo del cielo, encima del mundo.

Butterflies

Today comes to be like the fourth time I waitsince I know you'll never come again.I've returned to being that song of the downpourthat made its hold on your waist almost legal.

And you appear in my window,soft and small, with white wings.I don't even breathe so that you'll sleepand you won't leave.

What most curious waysof remembering one has,what most curious ways:today I remember butterfliesthat yesterday were only smoke,butterflies, butterflies,that emerged from the dark,dancers, silent.

Your time is now a butterfly,little white, thin, nervous ship.Centuries ago they flooded one secondbelow the sky, above the world.

So you were in those pleasant afternoons,so you were, a frenzied companion.You were like those days when you are lifeand everything you touch turns to spring.Oh, butterfly, you are the soulof the warriors who love and sing,and you are the new being who sticks out through my throat.

What most curious waysof remembering one has,what most curious ways:today I remember butterfliesthat yesterday were only smoke,butterflies, butterflies,that emerged from the dark,dancers, silent.

Your time is now a butterfly,little white, thin, nervous ship.Centuries ago they flooded one secondbelow the sky, above the world.

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