| Hoy pedí prestada una libreta donde escribir
| Today I borrowed a notebook to write
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| Para decir: «Pedir»
| To say: "Ask"
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| Pedí palabras que aún no estaban inventadas
| I asked for words that were not yet invented
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| Para tocar pedir
| to play ask
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| Las manos que saque de entre dos aguas
| The hands that I pull out from between two waters
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| La voz del que en la isla nos callaba
| The voice of the one who silenced us on the island
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| Pedí el atrevimiento de una loca y por pedir, pedí, pedí
| I asked for the audacity of a crazy woman and for asking, I asked, I asked
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| Que nadie como yo entienda tus maneras cuando hablen
| Let no one like me understand your ways when they speak
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| Ni sepa más que yo de tus detalles
| I don't even know more about your details than I do
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| Que tu único consuelo sea mirarme
| May your only consolation be to look at me
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| Y que sepas de una vez que antes que nadie
| And that you know once and for all that before anyone else
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| Yo soy el prisionero de tus carnes
| I am the prisoner of your meat
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| Y por pedir, pedí
| And for asking, I asked
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| Pedí la fe del que rezaba
| I asked for the faith of the one who prayed
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| El amor de aquel que no olvidaba
| The love of the one who did not forget
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| Pedí el valor, del que solo le queda esperanza
| I asked for courage, of which only hope remains
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| Pedí la gloria del que espera en las trincheras
| I asked for the glory of the one who waits in the trenches
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| Para llorar, pedí
| To cry, I asked
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| La lagrima que inunda los desiertos
| The tear that floods the deserts
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| La tinta de Antonio Gala
| Antonio Gala's ink
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| Pedí el recibimiento de mi almohada
| I requested the reception of my pillow
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| Y por pedir, pedí, pedí
| And for asking, I asked, I asked
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| Que nadie como yo entienda tus maneras cuando hablen
| Let no one like me understand your ways when they speak
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| Ni sepa más que yo de tus detalles
| I don't even know more about your details than I do
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| Que tu único consuelo sea mirarme
| May your only consolation be to look at me
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| Y que sepas de una vez que antes que nadie
| And that you know once and for all that before anyone else
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| Yo soy el prisionero de tus carnes
| I am the prisoner of your meat
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| Y por pedir, pedí
| And for asking, I asked
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| Por pedir, pedí
| for asking, I asked
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| ¡No!
| Do not!
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| Y nadie (Nadie) entienda tus maneras cuando hablen
| And no one (No one) understands your ways when they speak
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| Ni sepa más que yo de tus detalles
| I don't even know more about your details than I do
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| Que tu único consuelo sea mirarme
| May your only consolation be to look at me
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| Y que sepas de una vez que antes que nadie
| And that you know once and for all that before anyone else
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| Yo soy el prisionero de tus carnes
| I am the prisoner of your meat
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| Y por pedir, pedí | And for asking, I asked |