| Con ilusión castillos levanté
| With enthusiasm I raised castles
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| Los vi caer, perdí la fe
| I saw them fall, I lost faith
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| Me desengañé porque en el mundo
| I was disappointed because in the world
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| Nunca tanta farsa imaginé
| I never imagined so much farce
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| Yo que en él creí
| I who believed in him
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| Y que siempre fuí
| And that I always was
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| Con mi corazón en bandolera
| With my heart on the shoulder
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| Crecí después veinte años yo cumplí
| I grew up after twenty years I fulfilled
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| Y a un hombre cruel decir le oí
| And a cruel man say I heard him
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| Lucha contra el mundo en esta vida
| Fight the world in this life
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| Porque el mundo lucha contra tí
| Because the world fights against you
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| Después ocurrió
| then it happened
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| Que ya no iba yo
| that I no longer went
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| Con mi corazón en bandolera
| With my heart on the shoulder
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| Vi que de cierta Canaria me debo apartar
| I saw that I must get away from a certain Canary
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| Que una sombría muralla tendré que salvar
| That a gloomy wall I will have to save
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| Y la salvaré con tu inmenso amor
| And I will save her with your immense love
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| Que me reconcilia con el mundo
| that reconciles me with the world
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| Siempre soñé tu rostro juvenil
| I always dreamed of your youthful face
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| Y tu reir casi infantil
| And your almost childlike laugh
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| En los que forjaban el universo
| In those who forged the universe
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| Donde mis castillos levanté
| Where my castles I raised
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| Porque te encontré
| because i found you
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| Volveré a vivir
| I will live again
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| Con mi corazón en bandolera | With my heart on the shoulder |