Translation of the song Carnaval de Brasil artist Andrés Calamaro

Spanish

Carnaval de Brasil

English translation

Brazil Carnival

La musa es una sola musa

The muse is only one muse

o es una serpiente de muchas cabezas,

or is a thousand headed snake,

los buscadores de promesas,

the promises searchers,

la tientan con cerveza,

temptate her with beer,

si se va puede volver,

if she goes she can return,

el día menos pensado,

the least thought day,

para darle su consuelo ,

to give her consolation,

al poeta mal hablado.

to the bad spoken poet.

No son mujeres ausentes,

They're not absent women,

no son cuchillos en los dientes,

they're not knives on the teeth,

no son martes de carnaval de Brasil,

they're not tuesdays of Brazil carnival,

las musas no son canciones urgentes,

muses are not urgent songs,

no son asuntos pendientes,

they're not pending issues,

no son martes de carnaval de Brasil,

they're not tuesdays of Brazil carnival,

(tristeza não tem fim)

(sadness has no end)

Habrá que desenvainar

We have to draw

las espadas del texto,

the text swords,

Y escribir una canción

and write a song

aunque no haya algún pretexto,

even if there's no excuse,

y dedicársela al primero

and dedicate it to the first

que pase caminando,

who walks by,

al que se quedó pensando,

to who stayed thinking,

al que no quiere pensar,

to who doesn't want to think,

al olvido selectivo,

to the selective forgetfulness,

a la memoria perdida,

to the lost memory,

a los de los pedazos de vida

to the pieces of life

que no vamos a perder jamás.

that we will never lose

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