| A veces cuando pienso que todo esta perdido
| Sometimes when I think all is lost
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| voy hacia algunas formas de la muerte
| I'm going towards some forms of death
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| me pego un tiro con una palabra
| I shoot myself with a word
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| que alguna vez me fue tan transparente.
| that was once so transparent to me.
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| En la ternura del agua que corre
| In the tenderness of the running water
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| me recuerdan la llegada de unos trenes
| they remind me of the arrival of some trains
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| sales de los mares curvas de los puertos
| salts of the seas curves of the ports
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| con mujeres descalzas en el verde
| with barefoot women in the green
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| Voy hacia el fuego como la mariposa
| I go towards the fire like the butterfly
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| y no hay rima que rime con vivir
| and there is no rhyme that rhymes with live
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| no te pares no te mates
| don't stop don't kill yourself
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| solo es una forma mas de demorarte.
| It's just one more way to delay you.
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| En las tardes tranquilas
| On quiet afternoons
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| cuando extraño todo
| when i miss everything
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| pienso que todo no es lo que perdi
| I think that everything is not what I lost
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| una rosa de feria
| a fairground rose
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| y aun a costa de perder
| and even at the cost of losing
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| se pierde pero se gana
| you lose but you win
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| la lucha es de igual a igual
| the fight is equal to equal
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| contra uno mismo
| against oneself
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| y eso es ganarla
| and that is to win it
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| no te pares, no te mates
| don't stop, don't kill yourself
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| solo es una forma de mas de demorarse.
| It's just one more way to delay.
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| Recuerdo la quietud de la tierra
| I remember the stillness of the earth
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| la quietud de estar adentro
| the stillness of being inside
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| se cree mas en los milagros
| they believe more in miracles
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| a la hora del entierro
| at the time of the burial
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| Este hombre trabajo
| This man worked
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| quien escribira su historia
| who will write his story
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| la cal reseca la viuda que sueña
| the lime parches the widow who dreams
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| los amigos que siguen igual
| friends who are still the same
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| La gloria en zapatillas
| Glory in slippers
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| el florero vacio
| the empty vase
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| quien sabe si se puso a pensar
| who knows if she started to think
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| para que vivo | what do i live for |