| Vamos a caminar por el Retiro
| Let's walk through the Retiro
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| Vamos que hoy en Madrid hay rico frío
| Come on, today in Madrid it's really cold
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| Vamos que estoy ansioso por jugar y hablar contigo
| Come on I'm looking forward to playing and talking to you
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| Vamos que se agradece tu elegancia
| Come on, your elegance is appreciated
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| Tus ojos trashumantes, tu fragancia
| Your transhumant eyes, your fragrance
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| Vamos y no le demos al final tanta importancia
| Come on and let's not give the end so much importance
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| Vamos al sol, así, por Castellana
| Let's go to the sun, like this, by Castellana
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| Que nos abrigue el cielo y la mañana
| May the sky and the morning shelter us
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| Algo quedó pendiente aquella vez
| Something was pending that time
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| Algo que no se explica con palabras
| Something that cannot be explained in words
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| Sigo sobre la idea del destino
| I follow on the idea of destiny
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| Con Las Mil y Una Noche no termino
| With the Thousand and One Nights I don't end
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| Esto de traducir nunca paga bien, pero me rio
| This translating thing never pays well, but I laugh
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| Estoy hablando solo como antes
| I'm talking just like before
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| Que fue de tus hermanas, de tu madre
| What happened to your sisters, your mother
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| Estoy un poco loco excúsame, por agobiarte
| I'm a little crazy excuse me, for weighing you down
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| Vamos al sol, así, por Castellana
| Let's go to the sun, like this, by Castellana
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| Que nos abrigue el cielo y la mañana
| May the sky and the morning shelter us
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| Algo quedó pendiente, ya no se
| Something was pending, I don't know anymore
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| Déjame que te vea, qué muchacha
| Let me see you, what a girl
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| Vamos a hablar de estilos, de Bresson
| Let's talk about styles, about Bresson
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| De los indios ranqueles, de tú y yo
| Of the Ranquel Indians, of you and me
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| De lo que nos pasó esa madrugada
| Of what happened to us that morning
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| Y ese beso de papel, me equivoqué, qué voy a hacer
| And that paper kiss, I was wrong, what am I going to do
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| Me veo tan sonzo, me veo tan tonto
| I look so stupid, I look so silly
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| Irme del pueblo a leer y vivir solo
| Leave town to read and live alone
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| Y te soñé y te pensé
| And I dreamed of you and I thought of you
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| En bibliotecas, en hoteles desvarié
| In libraries, in hotels I raved
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| No conocí otra mujer
| I did not know another woman
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| Con esa diáfana mirada y esa piel
| With that diaphanous look and that skin
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| Y me escribiste las postales argentinas
| And you wrote me the Argentine postcards
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| Y aunque nunca fuiste mía, estuve cerca aquella vez
| And though you were never mine, I was close that time
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| Y hoy que los huesos crujen por las humedades
| And today that the bones creak from the humidity
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| Tu sonrisa inolvidable me hizo tanto, tanto bien
| Your unforgettable smile did me so much, so much good
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| Y me marché, y te soñé y te pensé
| And I left, and I dreamed of you and I thought of you
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| En bibliotecas, en hoteles desvarié
| In libraries, in hotels I raved
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| No conocí otra mujer
| I did not know another woman
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| Con esa diáfana mirada y esa piel
| With that diaphanous look and that skin
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| Y me escribiste las postales argentinas
| And you wrote me the Argentine postcards
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| Y aunque nunca fuiste mía, estuve cerca aquella vez
| And though you were never mine, I was close that time
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| Y hoy que los huesos crujen por las humedades
| And today that the bones creak from the humidity
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| Tu sonrisa inolvidable me hizo tanto, tanto bien
| Your unforgettable smile did me so much, so much good
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| Y me marché | and I left |