Tres Tristes Tigres [English translation]

[Drink two cups and try to pronounce the title (he-he). Each day that passes, the mysterious pilgrim starts feeling more and more interested in humans' surroundings (love, solitude, hate, desire, friendship...). This little song, by an old man, makes him smile...]

Sadness is always

Like a sponge

It absorbs the water of life

Until it kills it

Feeling desire

And strangling it at the same time

Is like filling up the sea with stones

In roder to try to cross it.

When you see that you can't stand

Any more of the emptiness of solitude

If strength only remains in your saliva1

Learn to act

Cry whenever you feel the need

It's not good to only give from yourself

The nice part, as if "everything is ok"

Learn to cry

The marks left by life

Can be seen on your face

The traces left by love

Can be read on the heart

Learn to see and to read.

1. (i.e. words, speech)

• Artist:Mägo de Oz
• Album:Finisterra (track 15)