| Pedí dos camas con ventanas al mar,
| I asked for two beds with windows to the sea,
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| mejor que salgas sola del ascensor,
| You better get out of the elevator alone
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| conozco un chino cerca para cenar,
| I know a Chinese nearby for dinner,
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| inventa un nombre falso y déjalo en recepción,
| make up a fake name and leave it at reception,
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| le he dicho al camarero que nos suba champán,
| I told the waiter to bring us champagne,
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| un siglo y tres minutos, ¿cuándo vas a llegar?
| a century and three minutes, when are you going to arrive?
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| Prepararé un canuto bien cargado en tu honor,
| I will prepare a well loaded joint in your honor,
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| la llave está en la puerta, cuarto setenta y dos.
| the key is in the door, room seventy-two.
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| Hotel, dulce hotel,
| Hotel, sweet hotel,
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| hogar, triste hogar,
| home, sad home,
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| estatuas de sal,
| salt statues,
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| habitación con vistas a tu piel.
| room with a view of your skin.
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| Tal vez se deje seducir el azar,
| Perhaps chance will be seduced,
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| abriga más cuando es furtivo el amor,
| shelters more when love is furtive,
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| con seis ducados arrugados y un par
| with six wrinkled ducats and a couple
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| de botas medio rotas se camina mejor;
| half-torn boots walk better;
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| te besaré la nuca mientras miras saltar
| I'll kiss the back of your neck while you watch jump
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| las olas entre las farolas del malecón,
| the waves between the lampposts of the boardwalk,
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| ponte el liguero que por reyes te regalé,
| put on the garter belt that I gave you for kings,
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| ven a la cama, nos persigue el amanecer.
| come to bed, dawn haunts us.
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| Hotel, dulce hotel,
| Hotel, sweet hotel,
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| hogar, triste hogar,
| home, sad home,
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| estatuas de sal,
| salt statues,
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| habitación con vistas a tu piel.
| room with a view of your skin.
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| Tú sabes que en el purgatorio no hay
| You know that in purgatory there is no
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| amor doméstico con muebles de skay,
| domestic love with skay furniture,
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| no es que no quiera, es que no quiero querer,
| It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't want to want to,
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| echarle leña al fuego del hogar y el deber,
| add fuel to the fire of home and duty,
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| la llama que me quema cada vez que te veo
| the flame that burns me every time I see you
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| me dice que es absurdo programar el deseo,
| He tells me that it is absurd to program the desire,
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| al cabo de unos años estaríamos los dos
| after a few years we would both be
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| adultos y aburridos frente al televisor.
| adults and bored in front of the television.
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| Hotel, dulce hotel,
| Hotel, sweet hotel,
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| hogar, triste hogar,
| home, sad home,
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| estatuas de sal,
| salt statues,
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| habitación con vistas a tu piel. | room with a view of your skin. |