| Te sienta bien el otoo…
| Autumn suits you…
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| qu gusto volverte a ver,
| how nice to see you again,
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| me recuerdas?, soy el plomo
| remember me?, I am the lead
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| que por el '73
| that by '73
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| investig tus costumbres,
| investigate your customs,
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| y registr tu intimidad
| and record your privacy
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| para coincidir contigo,
| to match you,
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| como por casualidad.
| as by chance.
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| Aqul que cuando la tarde
| Here when the afternoon
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| amenazaba llover,
| it threatened to rain,
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| te esperaba con el alma
| I was waiting for you with my soul
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| prendida de un alfiler,
| pinned on a pin,
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| para abrirte su paraguas
| to open your umbrella
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| y con l su corazn,
| and with him his heart of hers,
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| el que te deca hola
| the one who said hello to you
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| y al que decas adis.
| and to whom you said goodbye.
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| Cuntos metros soolientos
| How many sleepy meters
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| habr dejado escapar,
| I will have let escape
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| por atravesar contigo
| to go through with you
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| las tripas de esta ciudad.
| the guts of this city.
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| Para volar en tu enjambre
| To fly in your swarm
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| por tener algo en comn,
| for having something in common,
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| me amigu con tus amigos
| I made friends with your friends
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| conservo algunos an.
| I keep some an.
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| Venc el vrtigo a las cumbres
| I conquered the vertigo to the summits
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| por llegar a tu nivel,
| to reach your level,
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| y por rozarte el vestido
| and for rubbing your dress
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| haca cualquier papel.
| play any role
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| Cuntas volteretas vanas
| How many vain somersaults
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| para llamar tu atencin,
| to get your attention,
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| slo por decirte hola
| just to say hello
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| y oirte decir adis.
| and hear you say goodbye.
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| Me halaga que me recuerdes
| I'm flattered that you remember me
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| como tu primer amor,
| like your first love,
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| aunque tal vez me confundes
| although maybe you confuse me
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| con algn otro seor.
| with some other gentleman.
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| Soy el que haca la cola
| I'm the one doing the queue
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| para cederte la vez,
| to give you the time,
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| quien por ofrecerte agua
| who for offering you water
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| cruz desiertos a pie.
| cross deserts on foot.
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| El que pona los discos
| The one who puts the records
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| cuando queras bailar,
| when you want to dance,
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| por mas que alargu los brazos
| no matter how much I stretched out my arms
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| nunca te llegu a tocar.
| I never got to touch you.
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| El que guarda tu recuerdo
| The one that keeps your memory
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| como un regalo de Dios,
| as a gift from God,
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| en el libro de los sueos
| in the dream book
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| entre un hola y un adis. | between a hello and a goodbye. |