Dos Colores: Blanco Y Negro [English translation]

Our first intention

Was to do it in color:

A watercolor that would speak

of our loves.

A polychrome hummingbird

Standing in the wind,

A rainbow song

lasting in the weather.

The band director

whistling softly

Was thinking blues and reds

For the waltz.

But you know, gentlemen,

Quite well how this is;

Our intentions didn't fail us,

But the budget did...

Black and white

This song

Was left in black and white

With the heart,

In black and white,

Snow and coal,

In black and white,

In technicolor ,

But in black and white...

We first went removing

From our palette

A turquoise look

of a violet frame.

Then the carmine of the flowers

On top of the piano,

A setting sun

When summer begins.

All kinds of green

From a vine...

There weren't enough colors

For the banners.

Our intention wasn't

More than an old memory

And in the end this song

Remained in black and white.

Black and white

This song

Was left in black and white

With the heart,

In black and white,

Snow and coal,

In black and white,

In technicolor ,

But in black and white...

• Artist:Jorge Drexler
• Album:Vaiven