Encuentros y despedidas [English translation]

Please send the news from far away

to those who stayed,

embrace me1, wait for me,

I’m coming.

What I like the most is to be able to go away2

at once without any fear.

It’s better to be able to come back

whenever I want to.

Every day like on a seesaw

people throb on the railway station,

some of them come to stay,

others go away for good.

There are people who come wanting to return,

others, who go away, want to struggle,

some came back to throw a glance,

some to laugh, others to cry.

And this way…

Coming and leaving

are just two sides of the of the same journey.

The train that comes

is the same one that departs.

The hour of the meeting is also

the time of a farewell.

The platform of this railway station

is the life of this, my, place,

is the life

of this, my, place, is the life.

1. Literally: “Give me a hug”.2. Literally: “split”.

• Artist:Mercedes Sosa