| Bajo la sombra de mi amor
| Under the shadow of my love
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| crece la hierba hostil.
| hostile grass grows.
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| Bajo su cuerpo siempre en flor
| Under her body always in bloom
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| qué negra es la raíz.
| how black is the root.
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| Entre sus crines vi crecer
| Between their manes I saw grow
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| liquen rojo febril
| febrile red lichen
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| -De que estas hecho- pregunté.
| "What are you made of?" I asked.
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| Y no supo que decir.
| And he didn't know what to say.
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| Elegí tocar, elegí enfermar,
| I chose to play, I chose to get sick,
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| no hace tanto yo era como él.
| not so long ago I was like him.
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| El niño que corría más
| The boy who ran the most
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| ahora se niega a andar.
| now he refuses to walk.
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| Cada noche espera en pie
| Every night he waits standing
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| a que caiga el vendaval.
| for the gale to fall.
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| Mas con la lluvia cae la sed
| But with the rain the thirst falls
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| que no le deja en paz,
| that does not leave him alone,
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| si no es por ansia, di porqué
| if not because of anxiety, tell why
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| da las rosas el rosal.
| he gives the roses the rosebush.
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| Elegí tocar, elegí enfermar,
| I chose to play, I chose to get sick,
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| no hace tanto yo era como él. | not so long ago I was like him. |