| Miraba a la ventana y soñaba con ser un astronauta pisando la luna
| I looked out the window and dreamed of being an astronaut stepping on the moon
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| Y el cielo lo cruzaban galeones, delfines, cometas, faluas
| And the sky was crossed by galleons, dolphins, kites, feluccas
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| Y en la pizarra el profesor dictaba los teoremas
| And on the blackboard the teacher dictated the theorems
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| En su cabeza sonaba el canto de un gorrión, pajaros en la cabeza
| In his head the song of a sparrow sounded, birds in the head
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| Salia siempre tarde castigado por no estar nunca donde debiera
| He always went out late punished for never being where he should
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| Y en casa le esperaban el tedio y la comida servida en la mesa
| And at home, boredom and food served on the table awaited him
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| De fondo el rumor de un televisor y madre suspirando
| In the background the noise of a television and mother sighing
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| «¿Dónde andas hijo mio? | «Where are you my son? |
| Siempre en las nubes,» y nadie escucha el telediario
| Always in the clouds," and no one listens to the news
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| Pajaros en la cabeza y volar
| Birds in the head and fly
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| A donde las ventanas siempre estan abiertas
| To where the windows are always open
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| Donde el humo de tus pasos nos enseña a vivir
| Where the smoke of your steps teaches us to live
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| Pajaros en la cabeza y soñar
| Birds in the head and dream
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| Que aun contaré relampagos contigo
| That I will still count lightning bolts with you
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| Aunque el tiempo y la arena escondan el camino hasta ti
| Although time and sand hide the way to you
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| El tiempo pasó y todos crecimos
| Time passed and we all grew up
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| -bueno, no todos, algunos seguian
| -well, not all, some were still
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| Mirando por la ventana y sobrevolando
| Looking out the window and flying over
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| La moqueta azul de la oficina
| The blue carpet in the office
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| En el trabajo aun se perdia
| At work he still got lost
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| En las selva de sus sueños
| In the jungle of your dreams
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| Y un grito le nombraba, le arañaba
| And a scream named him, he scratched him
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| Y rompia el dulce sortilegio
| And he broke the sweet spell
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| Madre aun seguia sirviendo la sopa
| Mother was still serving the soup
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| «¿Cuando sentaras la cabeza?
| "When will you settle down?
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| Un dia la abriremos y bandadas de cotorras
| One day we will open it and flocks of parrots
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| Escaparan de ella»
| They will escape from it»
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| Él sonreia sin dejar
| He smiled without leaving
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| De mirar por la ventana
| of looking out the window
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| Soñando mundos mejores
| dreaming of better worlds
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| Lluvias que caian sobre parejas que se amaban
| Rains that fell on couples who loved each other
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| Claveles en los fusiles
| Carnations in the guns
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| Barcos que sueltan amarras
| Ships releasing moorings
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| Luces de faros, besos de mujeres que nunca
| Headlight lights, kisses from women who never
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| Nunca le miraban
| They never looked at him
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| Pajaros en la cabeza y volar
| Birds in the head and fly
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| A donde las ventanas siempre estan abiertas
| To where the windows are always open
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| Donde el humo de tus pasos nos enseña a vivir
| Where the smoke of your steps teaches us to live
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| Pajaros en la cabeza y soñar
| Birds in the head and dream
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| Que aun contaré relampagos contigo
| That I will still count lightning bolts with you
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| Aunque el tiempo y la arena escondan el camino hasta ti
| Although time and sand hide the way to you
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| Una mañana de enero nuestro hombre
| One January morning our man
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| Se subió a lo alto de la Torre España
| He climbed to the top of the Torre España
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| Para ver si al morder el azul gris del cielo
| To see if when biting the gray blue of the sky
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| Los pajaros callaban
| the birds were silent
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| Mirando absorto la ciudad
| Gazing at the city
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| Ni el rumor de su pecho escuchaba
| He didn't even listen to the rumor of his chest
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| Ni a madre, ni al televisor, ni a la oficina
| Neither to mother, nor to the television, nor to the office
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| Sólo un lejano batir de alas
| Just a distant flapping of wings
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| Cuando nos quisimos dar cuenta
| When we wanted to realize
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| Nuestro chico habia desaparecido
| Our boy had disappeared
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| Nadie en lo alto de la torre lo vio abandonar
| No one at the top of the tower saw him leave
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| La sombra gris del edificio
| The gray shadow of the building
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| Nadie lo vio caer al suelo
| No one saw him fall to the ground
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| Nadie oyó sus carcajadas
| No one heard his laugh
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| Sólo el sonido de cien pajaros -o alguno mas-
| Only the sound of a hundred birds -or some more-
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| Escapando de sus jaulas
| escaping from their cages
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| Nada se supo de este soñador
| Nothing was heard of this dreamer
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| Del canto de sus aves
| From the song of its birds
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| Hasta que llegaron cartas, retazos de sus alas
| Until letters arrived, pieces of their wings
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| En forma de postales
| in the form of postcards
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| Pajaros en la cabeza y volar
| Birds in the head and fly
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| A donde las ventanas siempre estan abiertas
| To where the windows are always open
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| Donde el humo de tus pasos nos enseña a vivir
| Where the smoke of your steps teaches us to live
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| Pajaros en la cabeza y soñar
| Birds in the head and dream
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| Que aun contaré relampagos contigo
| That I will still count lightning bolts with you
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| Aunque el tiempo y la arena escondan el camino hasta ti
| Although time and sand hide the way to you
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| Pajaros en la cabeza y volar
| Birds in the head and fly
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| A donde las ventanas siempre estan abiertas
| To where the windows are always open
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| Donde el humo de tus pasos nos enseña a vivir | Where the smoke of your steps teaches us to live |