Antonio Machado - Cantares

Antonio Machado Cantares		Antonio Machado Singings
Todo pasa y todo queda,		Everything passes and everything stays,
pero lo nuestro es pasar,		but our fate is to pass,
pasar haciendo caminos,		to pass making paths,
caminos sobre el mar.		paths on the sea.
Nunca persequí la gloria,		I never looked for glory,
ni dejar en la memoria		nor to leave in the memory
de los hombres mi canción;		of mankind my song;
yo amo los mundos sutiles,		I love subtle worlds,
ingrávidos y gentiles,		lightnessful and gentile,
como pompas de jabón.		like soap bubbles.
Me gusta verlos pintarse		I like to watch them painting
de sol y grana, volar		of sun and garnet, to fly
bajo el cielo azul, temblar		under the blue sky, tremble
súbitamente y quebrarse...		suddenly and break...
Nunca perseguí la gloria.		I never looked for glory.
Caminante, son tus huellas		Walker, your treads are
el camino y nada más;		the path and nothing more;
caminante, no hay camino,		walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar.		the path is made when walking.
Al andar se hace camino		When walking the path is made
y al volver la vista atrás		and when looking back
se ve la senda que nunca		you see the path that never
se ha de volver a pisar.		has to be walked again.
Caminante no hay camino		Walker, there is no path,
sino estelas en la mar...		but trails in the sea...
Hace algún tiempo en ese lugar		Some time ago in that place
donde hoy los bosques se visten de espinos		where woods dress with hawthorns today
se oyó la voz de un poeta gritar		the voice of a poet was heard, screaming
"Caminante no hay camino,		'Walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar..."		the path is made when walking...'
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso...		Stroke by stroke, verse by verse...
Murió el poeta lejos del hogar.		The poet died far away from home.
Le cubre el polvo de un país		He's covered by dust of a neighboring
vecino.		country.
Al alejarse le vieron llorar.		When going away, they saw him crying.
"Caminante no hay camino,		'Walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar..."		the path is made when walking...'
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso...		Stroke by stroke, verse by verse...
Cuando el jilguero no puede cantar.		When the goldfinch cannot sing.
Cuando el poeta es un peregrino,		When the poet is a pilgrim,
cuando de nada nos sirve rezar.		when praying has no use.
"Caminante no hay camino,		'Walker, there is no path,
se hace camino al andar..."		the path is made when walking...'
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso.		Stroke by stroke, verse by verse.