| Comienzo a sentir la ebriedad de la realidad
| I start to feel the intoxication of reality
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| Las cosas que me sorprendían,
| The things that surprised me
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| hoy en día, ninguna me deslumbra de verdad.
| nowadays, none really amazes me.
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| Los fantasmas que intento atrapar
| The ghosts I try to catch
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| se me escabullen en los brazos,
| they slip away in my arms,
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| Tendría que aceptar mi realidad
| I would have to accept my reality
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| ó pedirle a los astros que tengan piedad.
| or ask the stars to have mercy.
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| Aquí estoy trabajando y no pierdo la dignidad.
| Here I am working and I do not lose my dignity.
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| Con este hambre voraz, queriendo siempre mas y mas,
| With this ravenous hunger, always wanting more and more,
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| Creyendo que algún día iba a poder saciar,
| Believing that one day I would be able to satisfy,
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| fantasiando que en algún momento de la vida
| fantasizing that at some point in life
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| me crecerían alas pa' poder volar.
| I would grow wings to be able to fly.
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| Y a quien no le falta el aliento en este aposento de frivolidades
| And who is not short of breath in this room of frivolities
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| hay que estar atento, pa' no pasarse de ingenuidades
| You have to be attentive, so as not to be overly naive
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| quién le dijo que él y yo éramos rivales?
| who told him that he and I were rivals?
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| Más bien amantes, correteamos por los valles, incesantes.
| More like lovers, we scamper through the valleys, incessant.
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| Creímos ser como la encina y el roble
| We thought we were like the oak and the oak
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| permanecer unidos nos haría inmortales,
| sticking together would make us immortal,
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| y así vivir un amor de eternidades.
| and thus live a love of eternities.
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| … No quisiera desaparecer
| … I would not want to disappear
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| Antes de mojarme otra vez
| Before I get wet again
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| Los pies en la luna …
| Feet on the moon...
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| Te creíste sabio
| you thought you were wise
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| sabiendo que lo lograrías,
| knowing that you would make it
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| había algo que no sabias, vía vía,
| there was something you didn't know, via via,
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| se te paso el tranvía,
| you missed the tram,
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| otra vez estas luchando contra la deriva.
| again you are fighting drift.
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| Quisiera desenmascarar al enmascarado,
| I would like to unmask the masked man,
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| Aquel que de su sed de haber el mundo conquistado
| The one who from his thirst for him to have conquered the world
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| Se ha colocado una careta y no protesta
| A mask has been put on and no protest
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| Patea a quien sea con tal de alcanzar su meta.
| He kicks anyone in order to reach his goal of him.
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| Se me está haciendo difícil con usted interactuar,
| It is making it difficult for me to interact with you,
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| trastabilla su lengüeta cada vez que intenta hablar.
| he trips his tongue every time he tries to speak.
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| … No quisiera desaparecer
| … I would not want to disappear
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| Antes de mojarme otra vez
| Before I get wet again
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| Los pies en la luna … | Feet on the moon... |