El Angel de La Cancha
Jairo
The Angel of the Field
He gets up on Sundays
And looks out the window
Just in case the rain
Causes some trouble.
Few things in his life
Some records, a canary
And a bunch of old photos
At the closet door.
The photo of Pedernera
About to grow old
And the one of 'Pelado' Grillo
In the center of the mirror.
Around Bochini
The kids like doves
Watching as he unstitches
A rubber ball.
Watching as he unstitches
A rubber ball.
He likes to arrive early
And get lost among the people
A million tangerines,
Hot caramelized peanuts.
Two to zero four one
Doesn't matter much
What matters in the end
Is the angel of the field.
The photo of the Englishmen
In Maradona's goal
Some pinching the air
And another sitting in the hour.
The photo of Batistuta
Embraced by two girls
And the one of Kempes waving
With the Argentine flag.
And the one of Kempes waving
With the Argentine flag.
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And the one of Kempes waving
With the Argentine flag.
