Alfonsina y el mar [English translation]

Across the soft sand that the waves lick

Her small footprints are not coming back anymore

Only one path made of sorrow and silence

Reached the deep water

Only one path made of untold sorrows

Reached the foam

Only God knows about the anguish that accompanied you

And about the old pains your voice never told

That caused you to go to sleep, lulled by the song

Of the seashells

The song sung in the depths of the dark sea by

The seashell

You're going away, Alfonsina

Along with your loneliness

What kind of new poems did you go looking for?

An ancient voice made of wind and salt

Is shattering your soul and taking you away

And you go there, like in a dream

Asleep, Alfonsina, dressed with the sea

Five little mermaids will escort you

Through paths made of seaweed and corals

And phosphorescent sea horses will sing

A round, by your side

And the aquatic dwellers

Will soon play by your side

Dim the light of the lamp a bit for me

Let me sleep in peace, nurse [1]

And if he calls don't tell him I'm here

Tell him that Alfonsina is not coming back

And if he calls never tell him I'm here

Tell him that I have left

You're going away, Alfonsina

Along with your loneliness

What kind of new poems did you go looking for?

An ancient voice made of wind and salt

Is shattering your soul and taking you away

And you go there, like in a dream

Asleep, Alfonsina, dressed with the sea