| Hasta entonces nunca me habían aterrado
| Until then they had never terrified me
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| de esta forma los aeropuertos.
| in this way the airports.
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| Lléname de abrazos, lléname de besos,
| Fill me with hugs, fill me with kisses,
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| creo que anunciaron tu vuelo.
| I think they announced your flight.
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| Y entre lágrimas tu figura es devorada por la gente,
| And between tears your figure is devoured by the people,
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| y una fiera maloliente clava en mi alma sus afilados dientes.
| and a foul-smelling beast sinks its sharp teeth into my soul.
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| Sus afilados dientes.
| Her sharp teeth.
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| Quedo con el sabor metálico de la soledad
| I'm left with the metallic taste of loneliness
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| y deshojo el calendario.
| and I defoliate the calendar.
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| Tengo miedo, tengo frío y dudo,
| I'm scared, I'm cold and I doubt,
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| y hago repaso.
| and I review.
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| Fugaz e indeterminado, como un sueño ha comenzado
| Fleeting and indeterminate, like a dream it has begun
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| esta historia y no sé, en verdad, si fue real.
| this story and I don't really know if it was real.
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| Quién me iba a decir que te iba a encontrar una noche casual,
| Who was going to tell me that I was going to find you on a casual night,
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| yo ejerciendo de torpe sentimental.
| me acting as sentimental clumsy.
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| «¿Qué haces aquí? | "What are you doing here? |
| A punto estaba de marcharme,
| I was about to leave,
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| qué bueno es encontrarte».
| how good it is to meet you».
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| Y tú y yo inmóviles, y en torno a nosotros
| And you and I motionless, and around us
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| giraban colores, pasaban horas, rostros.
| Colors whirled, hours passed, faces.
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| Pasaban horas, rostros.
| Hours passed, faces.
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| Pero nada de esto era importante,
| But none of this was important.
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| «así que háblame de ti y no pares».
| "so tell me about yourself and don't stop".
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| Apenas te dejaba la música con su metralla.
| The music barely left you with its shrapnel.
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| «Cuéntame cómo era todo antes».
| "Tell me what it was like before."
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| Aunque seriamente dudo si en verdad hubo un antes,
| Although I seriously doubt if there really was a before,
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| sólo recuerdo bien, con nitidez, que hubo un después.
| I only remember clearly, clearly, that there was a later.
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| Entre empujones, entre la gente,
| Between jostling, between the people,
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| me acerco torpemente con taquicardia adolescente,
| I clumsily approach with adolescent tachycardia,
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| en aquel bar donde no entra ni un rayo de luz,
| in that bar where not even a ray of light enters,
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| sé que fuera, sé que fuera amanece.
| I know it was, I know it was dawn.
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| Sé que fuera amanece.
| I know it was dawn outside.
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| Nuevos reencuentros, nuevas confesiones, y de repente me veo
| New reunions, new confessions, and suddenly I see myself
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| perdido en un aeropuerto,
| lost in an airport,
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| con las pesadillas que día a día me acompañan, cotidianas,
| with the nightmares that accompany me every day, everyday,
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| con las que me atormento:
| with which I torment myself:
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| A qué son bailan tus caderas,
| What are your hips dancing to?
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| qué sudores te alimentan, tengo tanto miedo
| what sweats feed you, i'm so scared
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| de que olvides el camino de regreso,
| that you forget the way back,
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| el camino de regreso. | the way back. |