| Pensé que era el amor de mi vida | I was sure she was the axis of my fate, the love of my life, |
| Qué pena que fuera Libra | What sorrow, to find she was born beneath Libra’s sign, |
| Con su mirada asesina | Her glance—a blade that glitters, bent on murder, |
| Coqueta, bien directa e indecisa | A siren veiled in certainty and doubt, coquettish as the wind. |
| Con la que era Aries | With the one who bore the fires of Aries, |
| Le dije «como tú no hay nadie» | To her I whispered: ‘No one dwells in the world like you.’ |
| Pero el orgullo me lo traes | Yet you returned my tribute with the chill of pride, |
| Antes muerta que vulnerable | You’d sooner lie among ashes than ever show your wounds. |
| Aún me acuerdo de sus besos | Still I taste on my lips the wine of her stolen kisses, |
| Cómo no hacerlo si era Leo | Who could forget, when those kisses belonged to a Leo? |
| Se me encendía como el fuego | She’d kindle in my chest the sleeping embers of volcanoes, |
| Pero era un bebecito por dentro | Yet inside, she hid the dawn-soft heart of a child. |
| Me juró que iba a amarme | Swearing beneath the stars she would love me till the end— |
| No le creí porque era Cáncer | But how could I trust her, daughter of Cancer? |
| Tan sensible pa' llorarme | So quick to weep her salt upon my shoulder, |
| Y luego tan sincero pa' dejarme | Only to unveil the honest knife and walk away. |
| Quiero suerte en el amor | I beg the fates for fortune in love’s labyrinth, |
| En el dinero, por favor | And that silver coin of luck, raining down for me. |
| Léeme mi horóscopo | Read my horoscope, trace my lines with ancient eyes, |
| Si el futuro está cañón | If tomorrow’s storm clouds gather at my door— |
| Dime ya tu signo | Tell me your sign, unmask yourself at once, |
| Pa' ver si conmigo | So I may know if your fate threads with mine, |
| Somos compatibles | If we, two wanderers, might form a constellation, |
| Y estás en mi destino | And you are etched in the palimpsest of my destiny. |
| Amor, amor, ¿cuál es tu signo? | Beloved, beloved, beneath what stars were you born? |
| Amor, amor, ¿cuál es tu signo? | Beloved, beloved, what is the emblem that guides you? |
| Amor (ey), amor (ascendente), ¿cuál es tu signo? | Beloved (ah), beloved (rising), whisper me your sign? |
| Amor (ey), amor (y lunar) | Beloved (ah), beloved (and lunar) |
| Me enganché a un Escorpio | I was ensnared by a Scorpio, hooked on her venomous charm, |
| Adictivo y misterioso | Mysterious as nightfall, addictive as a forbidden fruit, |
| Que si te pincha es venenoso | Her touch—a thorn whose poison seeps in shadows, |
| A mí me dejó hecho polvo (wtf su carta astral) | She left me in ruins, a dust of dreams—(her natal chart: a cipher I can’t unlock) |
| Me quería demasiado | She loved me too deeply, till the air grew thin, |
| No, no me agobies, Sagitario | Sagittarius, do not suffocate me with your fervor, |
| Que eres cabezota a diario | Your stubbornness is a fortress battered daily, |
| Si yo soy Peach, tú no eres mi SuperMario | If I am Princess Peach, you could never be my SuperMario. |
| Luego pensé que era mi baby | Then I cherished an angel, my baby, or so I believed, |
| Y me di cuenta que era Géminis | Only to find Gemini's twin-mind behind her gaze, |
| Que se montaba cada peli conmigo | Each day a new tale unfurled, a film she starred within us, |
| Ahora triste, ahora feliz, estaba crazy | Now cloaked in sorrow, now bright as laughter—madness fluttering between. |
| Cuando me estaba enamorando | When I was plunging, heart-first, into tenderness, |
| Del corazón de un Tauro | From the citadel-heart of a Taurus, |
| Me protegía con sus manos | She shielded me with hands like branches strong against the wind, |
| Pero ojito si se enfada, ten cuidado | But beware should her patience snap—take heed, |
| Quiero suerte en el amor | I beg the fates for fortune in love’s labyrinth, |
| En el dinero, por favor | And that silver coin of luck, raining down for me. |
| Léeme mi horóscopo | Read my horoscope, trace my lines with ancient eyes, |
| Si el futuro está cañón | If tomorrow’s storm clouds gather at my door— |
| Dime ya tu signo | Tell me your sign, unmask yourself at once, |
| Pa' ver si conmigo | So I may know if your fate threads with mine, |
| Somos compatibles | If we, two wanderers, might form a constellation, |
| Y estás en mi destino | And you are etched in the palimpsest of my destiny. |
| Amor, amor, ¿cuál es tu signo? | Beloved, beloved, beneath what stars were you born? |
| Amor, amor | Beloved, beloved, |
| Primero va y me da la mano | First she offered me her hand, a gesture spun from silk, |
| Luego me dice que es Acuario | Then confided she was an Aquarius, marked for dreams, |
| Que se pasa el día soñando | She spent her waking hours weaving palaces in cloudlight, |
| Ya nos había hecho un palacio | Already she’d built us a kingdom out of air and longing. |
| Y cuando estaba hecho un lío | And when confusion tangled the skein of days, |
| Me topé con ese Virgo | I stumbled upon a Virgo, |
| Perfeccionando su camino | Who shaped her path with the chisel of perfection, |
| Dejó de llamarme cariño | She ceased to call me darling—left the word suspended in air. |
| Me daba buen feeling | She gave me the gift of solace, a gentle intuition, |
| Después caí que era Piscis | Until I learned she was Pisces, |
| Tranquila en su burbuja, todo easy | Serene in her bubble, the world made soft and clear, |
| Tanto que acabó en crisis | So tranquil that, in the hush, our story fractured. |
| Y al fin di con Capricornio | At last, my journey led me to Capricorn— |
| Y acabé un poco loco | And I ended a little madder for it, |
| De que se lo guardara todo (todo) | Because she hoarded every feeling, a vault sealed tight (locked, all locked), |
| Mejor me quedo solo | Better, perhaps, to wander alone beneath indifferent stars. |
| Quiero suerte en el amor | I beg the fates for fortune in love’s labyrinth, |
| En el dinero, por favor | And that silver coin of luck, raining down for me. |
| Léeme mi horóscopo | Read my horoscope, trace my lines with ancient eyes, |
| Si el futuro está cañón | If tomorrow’s storm clouds gather at my door— |
| Dime ya tu signo | Tell me your sign, unmask yourself at once, |
| Pa' ver si conmigo | So I may know if your fate threads with mine, |
| Somos compatibles | If we, two wanderers, might form a constellation, |
| Y estás en mi destino | And you are etched in the palimpsest of my destiny. |
| Amor, amor, estoy perdido | Beloved, beloved, I confess: I am lost among the stars, |
| Amor, amor, así te he escrito | Beloved, beloved, so I have written you these lines, |
| Amor, amor, estas barras del zodíaco | Beloved, beloved—here are the bars of the zodiac— |
| David Rees en el estudio buscando tu signo | David Rees, by candlelight, searching your sign in the studio |