Traducción: By the rivers dark (Por ríos oscuros) - Leonard Cohen

MÁS LETRAS DE COHEN

By the rivers dark------------->Por ríos oscuros

I wandered on----------------->deambulé,

I lived my life---------------->viví mi vida

in Babylon.------------------>en Babilonia.

And I did forget-------------->Y olvidé

my holy song---------------->mi canción sagrada,

and I had no strength---------->y me quedé sin fuerzas

in Babylon.------------------>en Babilonia.

By the rivers dark---------->Por ríos oscuros

where I could not see------>donde no podía ver

who was waiting there-------->quién me acechaba,

who was hunting me.------->quién me estaba cazando.

And he cut my lip---------->Y él me cortó el labio,

and he cut my heart,------->y el corazón,

so I could not drink---------->por eso no podía beber

from the rivers dark.---------->en los ríos oscuro.

And he covered me,----------->Y él me cubrió

and I saw within,-------------->y vi lo que había dentro,

my lawless heart------------->mi corazón sin ley

and my wedding ring.--------->y mi anillo de bodas.

I did not know------------------->Yo no sabía

and I could not see------------->y no podía ver

who was waiting there-------->quién me acechaba,

who was hunting me.------->quién me estaba cazando.

By the rivers dark-------------->Por ríos oscuros

I panicked on,----------------->entré en pánico,

I belonged at last,------------->yo pertenecía al pasado,

to Babylon.------------------>a Babilonia.

Then he struck my heart----->Entonces él golpeó mi corazón

with a deadly force,------------>con una fuerza mortal,

and he said, "This heart------->y me dijo "Este corazón

it is not yours".----------------->no te pertenece".

And he gave the wind------------>Y él le concedió al viento

my wedding ring,------------------>mi anillo de bodas,

and he circled us--------------------->y nos rodeo

with everything.--------------------->con todo.

By the rivers dark,------------>Por ríos oscuros,

in a wounded dawn,---------->en una madrugada herida,

I live my life--------------------->vivo mi vida

in Babylon.---------------------->en Babilonia.

Though I take my song------->Aunque hice mi canción

from a withered limb,--------->desde una rama marchita,

both song and tree,------------->la canción y el árbol

they sing for him.-------------->cantan para él.

Be the truth unsaid-------------->Sé la verdad sin decirla

and the blessing gone,----------->y no hay bendición

if I forget------------------------->si me olvido

my Babylon.-------------------->de mi Babilonia.

MÁS LETRAS DE COHEN

I did not know------------------->Yo no sabía

and I could not see------------->y no podía ver

who was waiting there-------->quién me acechaba,

who was hunting me.------->quién me estaba cazando.

By the rivers dark,------------->Por ríos oscuros

where it all goes on,----------->donde todo sigue,

by the rivers dark------------->por los ríos oscuros

in Babylon.------------------->de Babilonia.