Luis Eduardo Aute — Un Verso Suelto song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Un Verso Suelto" by Luis Eduardo Aute.
Lyrics
Siempre fui dócil al ser reclamado
para ser cauce de alguna quimera,
aunque ese cauce tal vez no sirviera
para achicar todo el cieno estancado.
fui poco amigo de la desmesura
porque es sabido que todo en la vida
es, más que nada, cuestión de medida
sin renegar de una buena cintura.
Y así…
compongo este poema
correcto y comedido,
quizás algo rendido
al canon del esquema…
Por ello pido
no ser absuelto
por no haber sido
un verso suelto.
No puse en duda el respeto al contrario
aún a sabiendas de que el veredicto
sobre el Poder y la Calle en conflicto
lo dicta siempre el ladrón del erario.
Nunca me he opuesto a la luz de la ciencia
que alumbra todo lo desconocido,
pero quisiera saber qué sentido
tiene esta broma llamada existencia.
Y así…
compongo este poema
correcto y comedido,
quizás algo rendido
al canon del esquema…
Por ello pido
no ser absuelto
por no haber sido
un verso suelto.
Lyrics translation
I was always docile to be claimed
to be the channel of some chimera,
even though that channel might not work
to thin out all the stagnant silt.
I was little friends with excess
because it is known that everything in life
it is, more than anything, a matter of measure
without denying a good waist.
And so…
I compose this poem
correct and restrained,
maybe something surrendered
to the canon of the scheme…
That is why I ask
not being acquitted
for not having been
a loose verse.
I did not question respect for the contrary
even knowing that the verdict
on power and the street in conflict
it's always dictated by the robber of the exchequer.
I have never opposed the light of science
that illuminates all the unknown,
but I'd like to know what sense
he has this joke called existence.
And so…
I compose this poem
correct and restrained,
maybe something surrendered
to the canon of the scheme…
That is why I ask
not being acquitted
for not having been
a loose verse.