| Que el maquillaje no apague tu risa,
| That the makeup does not turn off your laughter,
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| Que el equipaje no lastre tus alas,
| That the luggage does not weigh down your wings,
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| Que el calendario no venga con prisas,
| That the calendar does not come in a hurry,
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| Que el diccionario detenga las balas,
| Let the dictionary stop the bullets,
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| Que las persianas corrijan la aurora,
| Let the blinds correct the dawn,
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| Que gane el quiero la guerra del puedo,
| May he win the war of I can,
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| Que los que esperan no cuenten las horas,
| That those who wait do not count the hours,
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| Que los que matan se mueran de miedo.
| Let those who kill die of fear.
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| Que el fin del mundo te pille bailando,
| May the end of the world catch you dancing,
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| Que el escenario me tiña las canas,
| Let the stage dye my gray hair,
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| Que nunca sepas ni cómo, ni cuándo,
| That you never know how, or when,
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| Ni ciento volando, ni ayer ni mañana
| Not a hundred flying, neither yesterday nor tomorrow
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| Que el corazón no se pase de moda,
| May the heart not go out of style,
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| Que los otoños te doren la piel,
| May the autumns gild your skin,
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| Que cada noche sea noche de bodas,
| Let every night be a wedding night,
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| Que no se ponga la luna de miel.
| Don't put on the honeymoon.
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| Que todas las noches sean noches de boda,
| Let every night be wedding nights,
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| Que todas las lunas sean lunas de miel.
| May all moons be honeymoons.
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| Que las verdades no tengan complejos,
| That the truths do not have complexes,
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| Que las mentiras parezcan mentira,
| That the lies look like a lie,
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| Que no te den la razón los espejos,
| Don't let the mirrors prove you right,
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| Que te aproveche mirar lo que miras.
| Take advantage of looking at what you look at.
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| Que no se ocupe de ti el desamparo,
| Let helplessness not take care of you,
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| Que cada cena sea tu última cena,
| Let every dinner be your last dinner,
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| Que ser valiente no salga tan caro,
| That being brave does not come out so expensive,
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| Que ser cobarde no valga la pena.
| That being a coward is not worth it.
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| Que no te compren por menos de nada,
| That they do not buy you for less than nothing,
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| Que no te vendan amor sin espinas,
| That they do not sell you love without thorns,
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| Que no te duerman con cuentos de hadas,
| Don't let them put you to sleep with fairy tales,
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| Que no te cierren el bar de la esquina.
| Don't let the bar on the corner close you down.
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| Que el corazón no se pase de moda,
| May the heart not go out of style,
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| Que los otoños te doren la piel,
| May the autumns gild your skin,
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| Que cada noche sea noche de bodas,
| Let every night be a wedding night,
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| Que no se ponga la luna de miel.
| Don't put on the honeymoon.
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| Que todas las noches sean noches de boda,
| Let every night be wedding nights,
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| Que todas las lunas sean lunas de miel
| May all moons be honeymoons
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| Fue en un pueblo con mar un verano después de un concierto
| It was in a seaside town one summer after a concert
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| Tú reinabas detrás de la barra del único bar que vimos abierto,
| You reigned behind the bar of the only bar we saw open,
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| Cántame una canción al oído y te pongo un cubata
| Sing me a song in my ear and I'll give you a drink
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| Con una condición, que me dejes abierto el balcón de tus ojos de gata.
| On one condition, that you leave the balcony of your cat's eyes open for me.
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| Loco por conocer los secretos de tu dormitorio
| Crazy to know the secrets of your bedroom
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| Esa noche canté al piano del amanecer todo mi repertorio.
| That night I sang my entire repertoire on the piano at dawn.
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| Los clientes del bar, uno a uno, se fueron marchando
| The patrons of the bar, one by one, left
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| Tú saliste a cerrar, yo me dije, cuidado chavalte estás enamorando.
| You went out to close, I said to myself, be careful, kid, you're falling in love.
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| Luego todo pasó de repente, tu dedo en mi espalda
| Then it all happened suddenly, your finger in my back
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| Dibujó un corazón y mi mano le correspondió debajo de la falda.
| She drew a heart and my hand corresponded under her skirt.
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| Caminito al hostal nos besamos en cada farola
| Little walk to the hostel we kissed at each lamppost
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| Era un pueblo con mar, yo quería dormir contigo y tú no querías dormir sola.
| It was a town with a sea, I wanted to sleep with you and you didn't want to sleep alone.
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| Y nos dieron las diez y las once,
| And they gave us ten and eleven,
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| Las doce y la una, y las dos y las tres
| Twelve and one, and two and three
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| Y desnudos al anochecer nos encontró la luna,
| And naked at dusk the moon found us,
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| Nos dijimos adiós, ojalá que volvamos a vernos,
| We said goodbye, hopefully we'll see each other again,
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| El verano acabó, el otoño duró lo que tarda envolver el invierno.
| Summer is over, autumn lasted as long as it takes to wrap up winter.
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| Y a tu pueblo el azar, otra vez, el verano siguiente
| And to your people chance, again, the following summer
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| Me llevó y al final del concierto me puse a buscar tu cara entre la gente
| He took me and at the end of the concert I started looking for your face among the people
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| Y no hallé quien de ti me dijera ni media palabra
| And I didn't find anyone of you who said a single word to me
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| Parecía como si me quisiera el destino gastar una broma macabra.
| It seemed as if fate wanted to play a macabre joke on me.
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| No había nadie detrás de la barra del otro verano
| There was no one behind the bar the other summer
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| Y en lugar de tu bar, me encontré una sucursal del banco hispanoamericano,
| And instead of your bar, I found a branch of the Hispano-American bank,
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| Tu memoria vengué, a pedradas contra los cristales,
| I avenged your memory, throwing stones at the windows,
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| Sé que no lo soñé, protestaba mientras me esposaban los municipales
| I know I didn't dream it, I protested while the municipal officers handcuffed me
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| En mi declaración alegué que llevaba tres copas
| In my statement I alleged that I had three drinks
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| Y empecé esta canción en le cuarto donde aquella vez te quitaba la ropa.
| And I started this song in the room where I was taking your clothes off that time.
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| (Estribillo) | (Chorus) |