Canción Para Carito

Sitting alone on a bench in the city
with your gaze remembering the coastline
your fate wanted to be divided
half truth, half lie
like a promised hope for the poor
Walking alone under the gray drizzle
pretending hard that your life was from here
because you exchanged a sea of people
for where the flower rules
see that the river never gave away its color
Carito, release your sorrow
may your tear turn into diamond
between my strings
Carito, release your stone
to fly like the thrush
in spring
In Buenos Aires the shoes are modern
but they don't shine like in a town square
let your tiny light
speak secretly to the song
so that the sun shines a little more on you
Any seed, when it becomes a plant, wants to see
the same star from that evening
that saved it from the sharp beak
sheltering it in the dark
from the gull that ravages the furrows
Carito, I am your friend
I offer myself as a tree
for your nest
Carito, release your song
the fan in my accordion
is waiting for it.