| Volvió una noche, no la esperaba,
| She came back one night, I didn't expect her,
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| había en su rostro tanta ansiedad
| there was so much anxiety on her face
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| que tuve pena de recordarle
| that I was sorry to remind him
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| lo que he sufrido con su impiedad.
| what I have suffered with her impiety.
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| Me dijo humilde: «Si me perdonas,
| She told me she humbly: «If you forgive me,
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| el tiempo viejo otra vez vendrá.
| the old time will come again.
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| La primavera es nuestra vida,
| Spring is our life
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| verás que todo nos sonreirá»
| You will see that everything will smile at us»
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| Mentira, mentira, yo quise decirle,
| Lie, lie, I wanted to tell him,
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| las horas que pasan ya no vuelven más.
| the hours that pass no longer come back.
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| Y así mi cariño al tuyo enlazado
| And so my love linked to yours
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| es sólo una mueca del viejo pasado
| it's just a grimace from the old past
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| que ya no se puede resucitar.
| that can no longer be resurrected.
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| Callé mi amargura y tuve piedad.
| I shut my bitterness and had pity.
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| Sus ojos azules, muy grandes se abrieron,
| Her very large blue eyes widened,
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| mi pena inaudita pronto comprendieron
| my unheard-of sorrow they soon understood
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| y con una mueca de mujer vencida
| and with a grimace of a defeated woman
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| me dijo: «Es la vida». | She told me: "It's life." |
| Y no la vi más.
| And I never saw her again.
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| Volvió esa noche, nunca la olvido,
| He came back that night, I never forget her,
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| con la mirada triste y sin luz.
| with a sad look and without light.
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| Y tuve miedo de aquel espectro
| And I was afraid of that specter
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| que fue locura en mi juventud.
| that was madness in my youth.
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| Se fue en silencio, sin un reproche,
| She went quietly, without a reproach,
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| busqué un espejo y me quise mirar.
| I looked for a mirror and wanted to look at myself.
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| Había en mi frente tantos inviernos
| There were so many winters in front of me
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| que también ella tuvo piedad. | that she also had mercy. |