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The song of lost nights

This is the song of lost nights
that is sung to the verge of dawn
with the spirituous-liquor of the good-bye,
and that's why so desperate it sounds.
 
And watch the song of the lost nights,
if you know that all tastes like almost nothing:
like running in the leotards of life,
and camphor pill asleep on your pillow.
 
And it has a woman's name,
like solitude*, like consolation*,
the fugitives of duty
can't find a free taxi to go to heavens.
 
This is the song of lost nights,
it carries a withered chrysanthemum on the lapel,
it goes to your head like certain drinks,
it sticks like a leech to disillusion.
 
And sing the song of lost nights
it burns like the lighters blue gas,
it's good to pour vinegar on wounds,
it lies the same way all 'boleros' lie.
 
And it has a woman's name,
like my heart*, like your forgetfulness*,
the fugitives of duty
don't have any other love that the one they lost.
 
This is the song of lost nights,
if you want, I'll exchange it for a while in your bed,
it boils like the bull-ring on bullfight afternoons,
like kisses on telegrams it goes..
 
And it has a woman's name,
like the liberty*, like he snow*,
the fugitives of duty
they grab their curse
and they drink it up...
 
Original lyrics

La canción de las noches perdidas

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Comments
Valeriu RautValeriu Raut
   Fri, 21/06/2013 - 22:12
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Gracias Rosa, tu inglés es profesional.
Sin duda, Pasíon Vega es una gran cantante. La admiro, pero ella no sabe esto.
Me gustaría más comentar los matices del texto español que controlar tu ortografía.
Un fuerte abrazo,
Valerio

roster 31roster 31
   Sat, 22/06/2013 - 12:18

Welcome back, Vale! How was your month of June in Quebec? Here, about the same old thing (but without you)
We can make comments, sure: Is there any thing wrong with the spelling in this translation?

Ummm...! Do you want me to talk to Pasión Vega and tell her about your 'passion'?

No te devuelvo el abrazo (me lo guardo). Te doy otro, y gracias por tus cumplidos.

Valeriu RautValeriu Raut
   Sat, 22/06/2013 - 12:32

Rosa de las montañas, estoy en Montreal todavía.
Regresaré a Estocolmo el 2 de julio.
Aplazamos los abrazos, pues a través del Atlántico resulta dificil.