| Acompaño a mi sombra por la avenida,
| I accompany my shadow down the avenue,
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| mis pasos se pierden entre tanta gente,
| my steps are lost among so many people,
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| busco una puerta, una salida
| I look for a door, an exit
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| donde convivan pasado y presente…
| where past and present coexist…
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| De pronto me paro, alguien me observa,
| Suddenly I stop, someone is watching me,
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| levanto la vista y me encuentro con ella
| I look up and meet her
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| y ahí está la Puerta de Alcalá.
| and there is the Puerta de Alcalá.
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| y ahí está, ahí está
| and there it is, there it is
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| viendo pasar el tiempo la Puerta de Alcalá.
| Watching the time pass by the Puerta de Alcalá.
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| Miralá, míralá, miralá, míralá,
| Look at it, look at it, look at it, look at it,
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| la Puerta de Alcalá
| the Puerta de Alcalá
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| Miralá, míralá, miralá, míralá
| Look at it, look at it, look at it, look at it
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| La miro de frente y me pierdo en sus ojos,
| I look at her in front and I get lost in her eyes,
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| sus arcos me vigilan, su sombra me acompaña,
| her arches watch over me, her shadow accompanies me,
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| no intento esconderme, nadie la engaña,
| I do not try to hide, nobody deceives her,
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| toda la vida pasa por su mirada
| all life passes through his gaze
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| ahí está la Puerta de Alcalá
| there is the Puerta de Alcalá
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| ahí está, ahí está viendo pasar el tiempo
| there it is, there it is watching time pass
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| la Puerta de Alcalá
| the Puerta de Alcalá
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| Miralá, míralá, miralá, míralá,
| Look at it, look at it, look at it, look at it,
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| la Puerta de Alcalá
| the Puerta de Alcalá
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| Miralá, míralá, miralá, míralá,
| Look at it, look at it, look at it, look at it,
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| la Puerta de Alcalá.
| the Puerta de Alcalá.
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| ahí está la Puerta de Alcalá
| there is the Puerta de Alcalá
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| ahí está, ahí está viendo pasar el tiempo
| there it is, there it is watching time pass
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| la Puerta de Alcalá
| the Puerta de Alcalá
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| Todos los tiranos se abrazan como hermanos,
| All tyrants embrace like brothers,
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| exhibiendo a las gentes sus calvas indecentes,
| showing people their indecent bald spots,
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| manadas de mangantes, doscientos estudiantes
| packs of gangsters, two hundred students
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| inician la revuelta son los años sesenta
| start the revolt is the sixties
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| ahí está la Puerta de Alcalá
| there is the Puerta de Alcalá
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| ahí está, ahí está viendo pasar el tiempo
| there it is, there it is watching time pass
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| la Puerta de Alcalá
| the Puerta de Alcalá
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| Miralá, míralá, miralá, míralá,
| Look at it, look at it, look at it, look at it,
|
| la Puerta de Alcalá
| the Puerta de Alcalá
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| Miralá, míralá, miralá, míralá,
| Look at it, look at it, look at it, look at it,
|
| la Puerta de Alcalá.
| the Puerta de Alcalá.
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| Miralá, míralá, miralá, míralá,
| Look at it, look at it, look at it, look at it,
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| la Puerta de Alcalá
| the Puerta de Alcalá
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| Miralá, míralá, miralá, míralá,
| Look at it, look at it, look at it, look at it,
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| la Puerta de Alcalá. | the Puerta de Alcalá. |