Jorge Drexler — Noctiluca song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Noctiluca" by Jorge Drexler.
Lyrics
La noche estaba cerrada
y las heridas abiertas.
Y yo que iba a ser tu padre
buscaba sin encontrarme en una playa desierta.
Tenia la edad aquella en que la certeza caduca,
y de pronto al mirar el mar vi que el mar brillaba con un millar de noctiluca.
Algo de aquel asombro debio anunciarme que llegarías,
pues yo desde mis escombros al igual que el mar sentí que fosforecia.
Supe sin entenderlo de tu alegria anticipada
un dia entenderas que habla de ti esta canción encandilada.
Brilla
Noctiluca,
un punto en el mar oscuro
donde la luz se acurruca
(Gracias a Renato Mendoza por esta letra)
Lyrics translation
The night was closed
and the wounds are open.
And I was going to be your father
I was searching without finding myself on a deserted beach.
He was the age when certainty lapsed,
and suddenly as I looked at the sea I saw that the sea shone with a thousand noctiluca.
Something of that amazement must have announced to me that you would arrive,
well, from my rubble, like the sea, I felt it phosphorizing.
I knew without understanding your anticipated joy
one day you'll understand that this glowing song is about you.
Shine
Noctiluca,
a spot in the dark sea
where the light is curled
(Thanks to Renato Mendoza for this lyrics)