Los amantes de Julio Cortázar the|lovers|of|Julio|Cortázar Die Liebhaber von Julio Cortázar The lovers of Julio Cortázar Os amantes de Julio Cortázar Любовники Хулио Кортасара Коханці Хуліо Кортасара

¿Quién los ve andar por la ciudad who|them|sees|to walk|through|the|city Who sees them walking through the city

si todos están ciegos ? if|everyone|they are|blind if everyone is blind?

Ellos se toman de la mano: algo hablan entre sus dedos, they|themselves|they take|of|the|hand|something|they talk|among|their|fingers They hold hands: they talk about something between their fingers,

lenguas dulces tongues|sweet sweet tongues

lamen la húmeda palma, corren por las falanges, les larmes|||paume|||| they lick|the|humid|palm|they run|through|the|phalanges lick the damp palm, run along the phalanges,

y arriba está la noche llena de ojos. and|above|it is|the|night|full|of|eyes and above is the night full of eyes.

Son los amantes, su isla flota a la deriva they are|the|lovers|their|island|it floats|to|the|drift They are the lovers, their island drifts adrift

hacia muertes de césped, hacia puertos towards|deaths|of|grass||ports towards deaths of grass, towards ports

que se abren entre sábanas. that|themselves|they open|between|sheets that open between sheets.

Todo se desordena a través de ellos, ||désorganise|||| everything|itself|it disarranges|to|through|of|them Everything gets disordered through them,

todo encuentra su cifra escamoteada; ||||cachée everything|it finds|its|figure|concealed everything finds its hidden figure;

pero ellos ni siquiera lo saben but|they|not even|even|it|they know but they don't even know it

que mientras ruedan en su amarga arena ||roulent|||| that|while|they roll|in|their|bitter|sand that while they roll in their bitter sand

hay una pausa en la obra de la nada, there is|a|pause|in|the|work|of|the|nothing there is a pause in the work of nothingness,

el tigre es un jardín que juega. the|tiger|it is|a|garden|that|it plays the tiger is a garden that plays.

Amanecen en los carros de basura, Se lèvent||||| they dawn|in|the|cars|of|garbage They wake up in the garbage trucks,

empiezan a salir los ciegos, they begin|to|to leave|the|blind people the blind begin to emerge,

el ministerio abre sus puertas. the|ministry|it opens|its|doors the ministry opens its doors.

Los amantes rendidos se miran y se tocan ||abandonés||||| the|lovers|surrendered|themselves|they look|and|themselves|they touch The exhausted lovers look at each other and touch each other.

una vez más antes de oler el día. one|time|more|before|of|to smell|the|day once more before smelling the day.

Ya están vestidos, ya se van por la calle. already|they are|dressed|already|themselves|they go|through|the|street They are already dressed, they are already going down the street.

Y es sólo entonces and|it is|only|then And it is only then

cuando están muertos, cuando están vestidos, when|they are|dead|when|they are|dressed when they are dead, when they are dressed,

que la ciudad los recupera hipócrita that|the|city|them|it recovers|hypocritical that the city hypocritically recovers them

y les impone los deberes cotidianos. and|to them|it imposes|the|duties|daily and imposes daily duties on them.