Lago en el Cielo

Cerati gets poetic in this song, using the meditative image of a "lake in the sky"—bringing to mind one of the intensely blue mountain lakes of Patagonia in his home country—to describe a relationship that needs to take its time.

A fun fact is that the official video is composed of several fan-made videos submitted for a competition. The best parts of several were brought together to make a surprisingly compelling clip.

1. #1

   Un lago en el cielo

   A lake in the sky

2. #2

   Quiero ser suave

   I want to be gentle

3. #3

   Para evitar tu dureza

   To avoid your toughness

4. #4

   Apago tu fuego

   I put out your fire

5. #5

   Enciende mi agua

   Ignite my water

6. #6

   Puede que no haya certezas

   There may be no certainties

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1. #7

   Vamos despacio

   Let’s go slowly

2. #8

   Para encontrarnos

   To find each other

3. #9

   El tiempo es arena en mis manos

   Time is sand in my hands

4. #10

   Sé por tus marcas

   I know by your marks

5. #11

   Cuánto has amado

   How much you’ve loved

6. #12

   Más de lo que prometiste

   More than you promised

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1. #13

   Hoy te apuré

   Today I rushed you

2. #14

   Estaba tan sensible

   I was so sensitive

3. #15

   Son espejismos que aumentan la sed

   They are mirages that increase thirst

4. #16

   Si adelanté no me hagas caso

   If I went ahead, don’t mind me

5. #17

   A veces no puedo con la soledad

   Sometimes I can’t deal with loneliness

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1. #18

   Vamos despacio

   Let’s go slowly

2. #19

   Para encontrarnos

   To find each other

3. #20

   El tiempo es arena en mis manos

   Time is sand in my hands

4. #21

   Sé por tus marcas

   I know by your marks

5. #22

   Cuanto has dejado

   How much you’ve left

6. #23

   Para olvidar lo que hiciste

   To forget what you did

7. #24

   Sentir algo que nunca sentiste

   To feel something that you never felt

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1. #25

   Sos el paisaje más soñado

   You’re the most dreamed about landscape

2. #26

   Y sacudiste las más sólidas tristezas

   And you shook my firmest sadnesses

3. #27

   Y respondiste cada vez que te he llamado

   And you responded every time I’ve called you

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1. #28

   Vamos despacio

   Let’s go slowly

2. #18

   Para encontrarnos

   To find each other

3. #29

   El tiempo es arena en mis manos

   Time is sand in my hands

4. #30

   Un lago en el cielo

   A lake in the sky

5. #31

   Es mi regalo

   It’s my gift

6. #32

   Para olvidar lo que hiciste

   To forget what you did

7. #33

   Y sentir algo que nunca sentiste

   And feel something you’ve never felt

8. #34

   Y hacerte sentir

   And make yourself feel

9. #35

   Algo que nunca sentiste

   Something you’ve never felt

Notes:

(#6) Subjunctive alert! Puede que no haya

• Puede que introduces doubt. "It may be that there are no..."
• hay (there is/are) therefore becomes haya

(#16) Other ways to say: No me hagas caso

• Ignore me
• Don’t listen to me
• Don’t pay attention to me

(#17) Useful phrase: No puedo con algo

• No puedo con esto! I can't do this!
• Ya no puedo con él. I can't handle him anymore.