| En ese abrevadero
| in that watering hole
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| Amable y romántico
| friendly and romantic
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| El amor fue amo y señor
| love was master and lord
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| Y hoy bajo su alero
| And today under its eaves
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| No anidan más pájaros
| No more birds nest
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| Que las palomas donde da el sol
| That the pigeons where the sun shines
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| Quizá le llamaban La Casita Blanca
| Maybe they called it La Casita Blanca
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| Por tener terraza de sábana inquieta
| For having a restless sheet terrace
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| O quizá porque
| Or maybe because
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| El amor furtivo
| the sneaky love
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| Tiene ojos de amigo
| He has friendly eyes
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| Y pluma de poeta
| and poet's pen
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| Y en sus pasillos
| And in its corridors
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| Extravió unos calzoncillos
| She lost some underpants
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| Cuidó gentilmente
| She kindly cared
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| Y por un precio módico
| And for a modest price
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| Aquel desliz madrugador
| That early slip
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| Cuando ella con la compra
| When she with the purchase
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| Y usted con el periódico
| And you with the newspaper
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| Desayunaban incierto amor
| They had breakfast uncertain love
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| O cuando una boca murmuró al oído
| Or when a mouth whispered in the ear
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| El lenguaje tibio de la ropa blanca
| The lukewarm language of white clothes
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| Cuando los bolsillos
| when the pockets
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| Rebosaban besos
| kisses were brimming
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| La Casita Blanca
| The White House
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| Le proporcionaba
| she provided him
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| «algo» discreto
| discreet "something"
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| Donde encerrar un secreto
| Where to lock up a secret
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| Un mundo de espejos
| A world of mirrors
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| A media luz pálida
| In pale half light
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| Y un perfume familiar
| And a familiar perfume
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| Que se acurrucan contra
| that snuggle up against
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| La puerta metálica
| the metal door
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| Que ha clausurado la autoridad
| That has closed the authority
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| Los vecinos hablan… Las brujas retozan…
| The neighbors talk… The witches cavort…
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| Y un par de pichones huye al descampado
| And a couple of pigeons flee to the wasteland
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| Y un viejo ex-cliente
| And an old ex-client
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| Pura sensatez
| pure good sense
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| Hace bloques de
| She makes blocks of
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| Pisos amueblados
| Furnished flats
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| En un tono rosa
| in a pink hue
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| Pero aquello era otra cosa | But that was something else |