Luis Eduardo Aute — Naves Quemadas song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Naves Quemadas" by Luis Eduardo Aute.

Lyrics

Hay que zarpar
para hacerse a la mar de los derroches
y navegar
bajo estrellas inmunes a soroches
sin naufragar
en las bajas mareas de las noches
de la vida.
Hay que tocar
los confines del agua por si hay tierra
y conquistar
al salvaje animal que tu cuerpo encierra
y declarar
los principios del fin de cada guerra
de la vida.
Porque vivir
es navegar
tras un espejismo
detrás de un abismo
sin vuelta atrás,
porque atrás
tan solo queda el mar
y todas las naves quemadas,
naves quemadas, naves quemadas,
quemadas
para no volver jamás.
Hay que soltar
cabos, lastres, amarras y ataúdes,
que el dios Azar
nos transporte a soñadas latitudes
para escapar
de las biblias, coranes y talmudes
de la vida.
Hay que aceptar
que Ulises no fue a salvar a Helena
sino a escuchar
la terrible canción de las sirenas
para olvidar que Penélope
aún teje las cadenas
de su vida.

Lyrics translation

We must set sail
to go to the sea of waste
and navigate
under stars immune to soroches
not shipwrecked
in the low tides of the nights
of life.
You have to play
the ends of the water if there is land
and conquer
to the wild animal that your body encloses
and declare
the principles of the end of each war
of life.
Because to live
is to navigate
after a mirage
behind an abyss
no turning back,
because behind
only the sea remains
and all the ships burned,
ships burned, ships burned,
burn
to never come back.
Let go
cabos, ballast, mooring and caskets,
that God chance
transport us to dreamed latitudes
to escape
from Bibles, Korans and Talmud
of life.
We have to accept
that Ulysses did not go to save Helena
but to listen
the terrible siren song
to forget that Penelope
still weaving the chains
of his life.