| Apuró el paso para que no llegara la noche
| He quickened his pace so that the night would not come
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| Y poder enseñarme la playa
| And be able to show me the beach
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| Apuró el paso
| He quickened his pace
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| Nos cayó el vaso y rompió salpicándole flores
| We dropped the glass and it broke, splashing flowers
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| En su pelo tallado el verano
| In his hair he carved the summer
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| Apuré el vaso
| I drained the glass
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| Y tengo miedo de encontrarte
| And I'm afraid to meet you
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| Y no aguantar las ganas de tirarte al suelo
| And not stand the urge to throw yourself on the ground
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| Volver a romperte la falda
| break your skirt again
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| Luego tejer un mantel
| Then weave a tablecloth
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| Entre mi boca y su pecho
| Between my mouth and her chest
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| Llenar de sal los pliegues de su espalda
| Fill the folds of your back with salt
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| La vi bañarse una vez y me sacó los colores
| I saw her take a bath once and she brought out my colors
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| La vi desnuda y lloré (lloró conmigo la noche)
| I saw her naked and I cried (she cried with me the night)
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| Bailé con ella después, como buen enamorado
| I danced with her afterwards, like a good lover
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| 'Cántame algo' y canté lo que ella quiso y los barcos
| 'Sing me something' and I sang what she wanted and the boats
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| Fugaron para volver a dejarme tirado en un puerto
| They escaped to return to leave me stranded in a port
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| Su acento era milagro, el viento
| Her accent was a miracle, the wind
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| Rizándole en silencio la piel
| Curling her skin in silence
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| A la arena pegada y los besos
| To the stuck sand and the kisses
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| Siguientes fueron 'hoy quédate'
| Following were 'stay today'
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| Y me quedé parado en el tiempo
| And I was stopped in time
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| Y nos siguió la madera
| And the wood followed us
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| Prendimos fuego al hostal
| We set fire to the hostel
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| Te entretuve con la orquesta disfrazados de dos más
| I entertained you with the orchestra disguised as two more
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| Nos declaramos culpables
| We plead guilty
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| De la subida del mar
| of the rise of the sea
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| Desafinamos canciones
| We detune songs
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| Se nos prohibía llorar
| We were forbidden to cry
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| Hoy te he vuelto a recordar
| Today I have remembered you again
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| Hoy te he vuelto a recordar
| Today I have remembered you again
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| De qué me sirve esperarte si me entra el sueño y no hay más
| What is the use of waiting for you if I fall asleep and there is no more
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| Que un circo triste y cobarde que no quiere regresar
| That a sad and cowardly circus that does not want to return
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| Te veo en cada gaviota aunque no sepa si hay mar
| I see you in every seagull even if I don't know if there is a sea
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| Detrás de cada pareja no tengo con quien bailar
| Behind each couple I have no one to dance with
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| Desnúdate que hay tormenta y llueve por no llorar
| Get undressed because there is a storm and it rains so as not to cry
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| Juré contar nuestra historia, nunca decir la verdad
| I swore to tell our story, never tell the truth
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| Te llevaste mi memoria. | You took my memory. |
| Juraste no regresar
| You swore not to return
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| Te veo en cada gaviota
| I see you in every seagull
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| Juré contar nuestra historia y hoy te he vuelto a recordar
| I swore to tell our story and today I have remembered you again
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| Hoy te he vuelto a recordar | Today I have remembered you again |