Luciano Pereyra — El Viejo Matias song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "El Viejo Matias" by Luciano Pereyra.
Lyrics
La lluvia y el viento eran dos hermanos
Corriendo furiosos por el terrapln
Y en un banco oscuro mojado y mugriento
l se acomodaba su uniforme gris
El viejo Matas duerme en cualquier parte
Un fantasma errante le toca la piel
Pero cuando llueve sus despojos buscan
La estacin de chapas de Paso del Rey
Es cuco de nios y de no tan nios
Su figura triste cruzando el andn
Porque nadie ha visto sus ojos cansados
La cruz del olvido temblando en sus pies
A veces murmura cosas incoherentes
Habla de la guerra, imita el can
Y otras veces pone en sus ojos un nio
Y acuna en sus brazos su bolso marrn
Cuando llegan trenes repletos de obreros
Se pone contento, brilla su mirar
Gorrin de la tarde quiere hablar con todos
Y despus se queda solo en el andn
Se queda mirando las vas vacas
La luz que se pierde, el tren que pas
Y despus se aleja murmurando cosas
El viejo Matas ogro del lugar
Lyrics translation
The rain and the wind were two brothers
Running in fury through the terrapln
And on a dark bench wet and grubby
l would fit his gray uniform
Old Matas sleeps everywhere
A wandering ghost touches his skin
But when it rains their spoils seek
The station of the King's step plates
It's a cuckoo of children and not so children
His sad figure crossing the andn
Because no one has seen his tired eyes
The Cross of oblivion trembling at his feet
Sometimes he mutters incoherent things
Talk about war, imitate the can
And other times he puts a child in his eyes
And cradles in his arms his marrn bag
When trains full of workers arrive
He gets happy, shines his gaze
Gorrin in the afternoon wants to talk to everyone
And then he stays alone in the andn
He's just staring at the vas cows.
The light that is lost, the train that passes
And then he walks away muttering things
The old Ogre kills the place