| Empezó con una flor
| started with a flower
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| que yo recogí del suelo,
| that I picked up from the ground,
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| para ponerla en su pelo…
| to put it in her hair...
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| y nos reímos los dos.
| and we both laughed.
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| Empezó con una flor,
| It started with a flower
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| con una flor para el pelo,
| with a flower for her hair,
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| una flor que desde el suelo
| a flower that from the ground
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| subió a ganar el amor.
| went up to win love.
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| Después, nos fuimos caminando
| Then we went walking
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| y así, nos fuimos conociendo,
| and thus, we got to know each other,
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| sentí que me había enamorado,
| I felt that I had fallen in love,
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| sentí, mi primer sentimiento.
| I felt, my first feeling.
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| Empezó con una flor
| started with a flower
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| y luego fuimos amantes,
| and then we were lovers
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| a escondidas y anhelantes,
| secretly and longingly,
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| nos entregamos los dos.
| we both surrender.
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| Empezó con una flor
| started with a flower
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| y luego, un cuarto en penumbras,
| and then, a darkened room,
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| un cuarto que fue la tumba
| a room that was the tomb
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| donde enterramos la flor.
| where we buried the flower
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| Después, no volvimos a vernos
| Afterwards, we didn't see each other again
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| y yo, que seguía enamorado,
| and I, who was still in love,
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| volví por el viejo sendero
| I went back the old path
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| por ver si me había olvidado.
| to see if I had forgotten.
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| Había otro y otra flor
| There was another and another flower
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| que recogía del suelo,
| that he picked up from the ground,
|
| para ponerla en su pelo
| to put it in her hair
|
| y se reían los dos.
| and they both laughed.
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| Había otro y otra flor,
| There was another and another flower,
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| otra flor para su pelo,
| another flower for her hair from her,
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| otra flor que desde el suelo
| another flower than from the ground
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| subió a ganar mi dolor.
| He went up to win my pain.
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| Después, se fueron caminando
| Then they walked away
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| y yo me quedé sin aliento,
| and I was breathless
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| sentí en mis ojos el llanto,
| I felt tears in my eyes,
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| al ver que se iban riendo.
| seeing that they were laughing.
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| Todo empezó con la flor
| It all started with the flower
|
| que recogí del suelo,
| that I picked up from the ground
|
| para ponerla en su pelo
| to put it in her hair
|
| y nos reímos los dos. | and we both laughed. |
| Todo empezó con la flor
| It all started with the flower
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| que siempre está en mi memoria,
| that is always in my memory,
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| porque es parte de la historia
| because it is part of the story
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| de aquel, mi primer amor. | of that, my first love. |