| Tengo un pobre corazón, | Within my breast a pauper’s heart abides, |
| que aveces se rompió, se apago, | so often shattered, dulled, grown winter-cold, |
| pero nunca se rindió, | yet never once relinquished what it hides, |
| entre estrellas de cartón perdí la ilusión | among frail paper stars, my hopes were sold. |
| que llegara un ángel me levante | I waited for an angel’s hush to wake me— |
| y que me pida que la ame. | for her soft plea to teach me how to love. |
| Y de pronto un día de suerte | And then, as if the heavens dared to stake me, |
| se me hizo conocerte | good fortune crossed my threshold—there you stood— |
| y te cruzaste en mi camino | and all unheralded, you pierced my road, |
| ahora creo en el destino, | now I confess, I trust the threads of fate, |
| tenerte por siempre conmigo, | to keep you, time unspooling, always mine, |
| pero mas suerte es quererte tanto | yet greater blessing is to love you deep, |
| y que tu sientas lo mismo. | and know you feel that flame within your spine. |
| Dicen que este loco amor no tiene solución, | They say this madman’s love admits no cure, |
| que tu mundo y mi mundo, no, | that your world and mine are sundered, nevermore, |
| que tu mundo y mi mundo no, | that your world and my world—nevermore— |
| entre estrellas de cartón, | among frail paper stars, |
| perdí la ilusión que llegara un ángel | I lost the faith an angel might descend, |
| me levante y que me pida que la ame. | until I rose—her summons, love to lend. |
| Y de pronto un día de suerte | And then, as if the heavens dared to stake me, |
| se me hizo conocerte | good fortune crossed my threshold—there you stood— |
| y te cruzaste en mi camino | and all unheralded, you pierced my road, |
| ahora creo en el destino, | now I confess, I trust the threads of fate, |
| tenerte por siempre conmigo, | to keep you, time unspooling, always mine, |
| pero mas suerte es quererte tanto | yet greater blessing is to love you deep, |
| y que tu sientas lo mismo. | and know you feel that flame within your spine. |
| Y de pronto un día de suerte | And then, as if the heavens dared to stake me, |
| se me hizo conocerte | good fortune crossed my threshold—there you stood— |
| y te cruzaste en mi camino | and all unheralded, you pierced my road, |
| ahora creo en el destino, | now I confess, I trust the threads of fate, |
| tenerte por siempre conmigo, | to keep you, time unspooling, always mine, |
| pero mas suerte es quererte tanto, | yet greater blessing is to love you deep, |
| pero mas suerte es quererte tanto | yet greater blessing is to love you deep, |
| …y que tu sientas lo mismo | …and know you feel that flame within your spine |