Todo se transforma - Everything Transforms

Cranky mood transforms into joyful smiles;
a sad child transforms into a well-centered adult;
a cloudy Sunday transforms into a breathtaking rainbow scene... gradually the sun appears and finally everybody goes to the beach.
2008 transforms into 2009 and we are given, once again, the chance to make a fantastic year for us and those who surround us.

I was thinking about these transformations today and remembered a beautiful song by Jorge Drexler that is called "Todo se transforma."

I find the lyrics fantastic. Below I translated them, for you to understand them better. By the way, talking about transformations... tell me that one day you will learn Spanish!!!

Under the lyrics is the link to Jorge Drexler's web site, where you'll find a video of him singing this song.


Todo se transforma
Everything transforms
(Jorge Drexler)

Tu beso se hizo calor,
Your kiss became heat

luego el calor movimiento,
then the heat movement

luego gota de sudor
then drop of sweat

que se hizo vapor, luego viento
that became vapor, then wind

que en un rincón de La Rioja
that in a corner of La Rioja

movió el aspa de un molino
moved the windmill blades

mientras se pisaba el vino
while the wine was being trodden

que bebió tu boca roja.
that which your red mouth drank

Tu boca roja en la mía,
Your red mouth in mine

la copa que gira en mi mano
The wine glass that swirls in my hand

y mientras el vino caía
and while the wine fell

supe que de algún lejano
I knew that from some faraway

rincón de otra galaxia,
corner of another galaxy

el amor que me darías,
the love that you would give me

transformado, volvería
transformed, it would return

un día a darte las gracias.
one day to thank you

Cada uno da lo que recibe
Each one gives what he receives

y luego recibe lo que da,
then he receives what he gives

nada es más simple,
nothing is simpler

no hay otra norma:
there’s no other norm

nada se pierde,
nothing is lost

todo se transforma.
everything is transformed

El vino que pagué yo,
The wine that I paid

con aquel euro italiano
with that Italian Euro

que había estado en un vagón
that had been in a railway carriage

antes de estar en mi mano,
before being in my hand

y antes de eso en Torino,
and before that in Torino

y antes de Torino, en Prato,
and before Torino in Prato

donde hicieron mi zapato
where my shoe was made

sobre el que caería el vino.
on which the wine would fall

Zapatos que en unas horas
Shoes that in some hours

buscaré bajo tu cama
I’ll search under your bed

con las luces de la aurora,
with the lights of dawn

junto a tus sandalias planas
next to the flat sandals

que compraste aquella vez
that you bought that time

en Salvador de Bahía,
in Salvador de Bahía

donde a otro diste el amor
where to another one you gave the love

que hoy yo, te devolvería...
that today I would return to you...

Cada uno da lo que recibe
Each one gives what he receives

y luego recibe lo que da,
then he receives what he gives

nada es más simple,
nothing is simpler

no hay otra norma:
there’s no other norm

nada se pierde,
nothing is lost

todo se transforma.
everything is transformed

Go visit Jorge Drexler's site: www.jorgedrexler.com and check the video. I hope you like it as much as I do.