Calle MelancolÍa
Joaquín Sabina
Melancholy Street
Like someone traveling on the back of a somber mare
I walk through the city, don't ask where
Perhaps I seek an encounter to brighten my day
And all I find are doors that deny what they hide
The chimneys pour out their smoke vomit
Towards a sky increasingly distant and high
On the ochre walls spills the juice
Of a fruit of blood grown in the asphalt
The countryside must be green by now, it must be Spring
An endless train crosses my gaze
The neighborhood where I live is no meadow
A desolate landscape of antennas and cables
I live at number seven, Melancholy Street
I've wanted to move to the neighborhood of joy for years
But every time I try, the tram has already left
And on the stairs, I sit to whistle my melody
Like someone traveling aboard a mad ship
That comes from the night and goes nowhere
So my feet descend the slope of oblivion
Weary of walking so much without finding you
Then, back home, I light a cigarette
Organize my papers, solve a crossword
I get angry with the shadows that populate the hallways
And I embrace the absence you leave in my bed
I climb your memory like a vine
That can't find windows to cling to, I am
That absurd epidemic suffered by the sidewalks
If you want to find me, you know where I am
I live at number seven, Melancholy Street
I've wanted to move to the neighborhood of joy for years
But every time I try, the tram has already left
And on the stairs, I sit to whistle my melody
