La carta [English translation]

I'm sending you my picture with this letter

so that you can see the smile that I bear,

for I no longer cry nor grieve your absence,

from one dance to the next I come and go.

With this letter I sincerely thank you

for having left forever from my side,

what I have now is what I deserve

and no one can take, no, no,

and no one can take the dance out of you.

A little step here, a little step there,

a little step everywhere,

a little step here, a little step there,

and tapping to one or two sones1

I don't expect a reply from this letter

but if it arrives it will be well received,

I hope it says that you're the life of the party

and that life is truly treating you well.

As a postscript I send you sound advice,

if you don't take it then it's your problem,

life is short, the body grows old

it looks for your light and....yes, yes

it looks for your light and it breaks your way of thinking.

A little step here, a little step there,

a little step everywhere,

a little step here, a little step there,

and tapping to one or two sones.

A little step here, a little step there,

a little step everywhere,

a little step here, a little step there,

and tapping to one or two sones.

• Artist:Joan Sebastian
• Album:Manantial [1981]