:: Ismael Serrano ::

I came from the North looking for a song and a cross,
and I passed by a comet, and you were in its trail.
In Madrid it'd still be raining, gloomy like I left it,
and in Santiago¹ with your lights and its November I got burned.

And it happened after a concert, one evening at your university,
there I found you again, "Come carretear² with me".
"I gladly accept your offer, with one condition only:
that this night never ends and that I don't fall in love".

Walking by La Alameda³, you started telling me,
of causes, chances and strifes, in these days and walking
by La Moneda⁴, you hummed Jara⁵.
You looked at me, "So tough like that, you remind me of Guevara⁶".

And we entered a club and someone inside sung something of Fito⁷.
"At this rate I'll fall in love, I just need one more pisco⁸".
"Quit that nonsense, go up there and sing me one of Silvio's⁹".
"Only if you give me a kiss", and everyone sung along.

We left the club drunk, holding hands,
and the pacos¹⁰, as usual, were fucking around in the street.
You shouted at them "Murderers!", and we both dashed.
You laughed, and in your laughter I saw myself fall.

But, "where have you been all this time? It's getting late, go home".
And in your embrace from far way, I thought I heard Los Parra¹¹,
singing for us. I better go.
There I was, alone, crying out, without you, "Te recuerdo, Amanda¹²".

"Te recuerdo, Amanda".

In time I reached my North with a song and a cross,
with a comet's trail, with your lies and your light.
In Madrid it was still raining, just like I left it,
and in Santiago so many things, now I'm dying to go back.

Now I'm dying to go back.

4.- La Moneda: palace where president Allende was sorrounded by Pinochet forces and killed himself.

5.- Jara: Víctor Jara, Chilean singer and songwriter who was assasinated by Pinochet forces.

12.- "Te recuerdo, Amanda" (I remember you, Amanda): famous song by Víctor Jara.