| Me levanto temprano, moribundo
| I wake up early, dying
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| perezoso resucito, bienvenido al mundo
| sloth i am risen, welcome to the world
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| con noticias asesinas me tomo el desayuno.
| I take my breakfast with killer news.
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| Camino del trabajo en el metro
| Coming to work on the subway
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| aburrido vigilo las caras de los viajeros
| bored I watch the faces of the travelers
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| compañeros en la rutina y en los bostezos.
| companions in the routine and in yawning.
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| Y en el asiento de en frente,
| And in the seat in front,
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| un rostro de repente,
| a face suddenly,
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| claro ilumina el vagon
| light illuminates the wagon
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| en sus gestos traen recuerdos,
| in his gestures they bring back memories,
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| de otros paisajes otros tiempos
| of other landscapes other times
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| en los que una suerte mejor me conocio.
| in which a better luck met me.
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| No me atrevo a decir nada,
| I dare not say anything,
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| no estoy seguro,
| I'm not sure,
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| aunque esos ojos sin duda son los tuyos,
| although those eyes are undoubtedly yours,
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| mas cargados de nostalgia, quizas mas oscuros
| more charged with nostalgia, perhaps darker
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| Pero creo que eres tu, y estas casi igual
| But I think it's you, and you're almost the same
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| tan hermosa como entonces, quizas mas
| as beautiful as then, maybe more
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| sigues pareciendo la chica mas triste de la ciudad.
| you still look like the saddest girl in town.
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| Cuanto tiempo ha pasado desde los primeros errores?
| How long has it been since the first mistakes?
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| Del interrogante en tu mirada?
| Of the question mark in your gaze?
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| La ciudad gritaba y maldecia nuestros nombres,
| The city screamed and cursed our names,
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| jovenes promesas, no, no teniamos nada.
| promising youngsters, no, we had nothing.
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| Dejando en los portales
| Leaving in the portals
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| los ecos de tus susurros,
| the echoes of your whispers,
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| buscando cualquier rincon sin luz,
| looking for any corner without light,
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| agarrate de mi mano,
| take hold of my hand,
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| que tengo miedo del futuro,
| that I am afraid of the future,
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| y detras de cada huida estabas tu, estabas tu.
| and behind each escape there was you, there was you.
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| En las noches vacias,
| On empty nights
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| en que regreso,
| in which return,
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| solo y malherido, todavia me arrepiento
| Alone and badly hurt, I still regret it
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| de haberte arrojado, tan lejos de mi cuerpo.
| of having thrown you, so far from my body.
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| Y ahora que te encuentro,
| And now that I find you,
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| veo que aun arde, la llama que encendiste,
| I see that it still burns, the flame that you lit,
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| nunca, nunca es tarde,
| never, never too late,
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| para nacer de nuevo, para amarte.
| to be born again, to love you.
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| Debo decirte algo,
| I need to tell you something,
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| antes de que te bajes,
| before you get off,
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| de este sucio vagon y quede muerto,
| of this dirty wagon and was left dead,
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| mirarte a los ojos y tras de recordarte,
| look into your eyes and after remembering you,
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| que antes de rendirnos, fuimos eternos.
| that before we surrendered, we were eternal.
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| Me levanto decidido y me acerco a ti,
| I get up determined and I approach you,
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| y algo en mi pecho se tensa, se rompe.
| and something in my chest tightens, breaks.
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| Como estas?
| How are you?
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| Cuanto tiempo te acuerdas de mi?
| How long do you remember me?
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| y una sonrisa timida responde:
| and a shy smile answers:
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| Perdone, pero creo que se ha equivocado,
| Excuse me, but I think you made a mistake,
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| disculpe señorita, me recuerda tanto
| Excuse me miss, it reminds me so much
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| a una mujer que conoci hace ya algunos años.
| to a woman I knew some years ago.
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| Mas viejo y mas cansado vuelvo a mi asiento,
| Older and more tired I return to my seat,
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| aburrido vigilo las caras de los viajeros,
| bored I watch the faces of the travelers,
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| compañeros en la rutina y en los bostezos… | companions in the routine and in the yawns… |