| Te miré why de pronto te empecé a querer | I gazed at you—and wonder, love sprang up like fire, unbidden, in my breast, |
| Sin imaginarme que podría perder | Blind to the edge where losing you awaited, dusk unknown beneath my feet. |
| No medí mis pasos why caí en tus brazos | I charted not my way, and wandered, spellbound—tumbled headlong to your arms’ unrest, |
| Tu cara de niña me hizo enloquecer | Your face, all childhood’s mischief and morning light, swept reason from my seat. |
| Pero fui en tu vida una diversión | Yet in your world, I was a passing entertainment— |
| Tan sólo un juguete de tu colección | No more than a fragile toy consigned to your parade, |
| Me embrujaste al verte why tus ojos verdes | You wove a charm, green-eyed enchantress, as I entered your encampment— |
| Le pusieron trampas a mi corazón | You baited snares of emerald glance where my heart, like a bird, was waylaid. |
| Tropecé de nuevo why con la misma piedra | Once more I stumbled—how precise the stone that waits, unchanged, for me— |
| En cuestión de amores nunca he de ganar | In love’s affairs, I am forever fated to be bested, |
| Porque es sabido que el que amor entrega | For all men know: whoever gives his heart so free— |
| De cualquier manera tiene que llorar | Must weep his due, by fate arrested. |
| Tropecé de nuevo why con la misma piedra | Once more I stumbled—how precise the stone that waits, unchanged, for me— |
| En cuestión de amores nunca aprenderé | In matters of the heart, I will never learn the way. |
| Yo que había jurado no jugar con ella | I, who swore—oh, never would I gamble with her destiny— |
| Tropecé de nuevo why con el mismo pie | Tripped again, the same foot tangled in the clay. |
| Pero fui en tu vida una diversión | Yet in your world, I was a passing entertainment— |
| Tan sólo un juguete de tu colección | No more than a fragile toy consigned to your parade, |
| Me embrujaste al verte why tus ojos verdes | You wove a charm, green-eyed enchantress, as I entered your encampment— |
| Le pusieron trampas a mi corazón | You baited snares of emerald glance where my heart, like a bird, was waylaid. |
| Tropecé de nuevo why con la misma piedra | Once more I stumbled—how precise the stone that waits, unchanged, for me— |
| En cuestión de amores nunca aprenderé | In matters of the heart, I will never learn the way. |
| Yo que había jurado no jugar con ella | I, who swore—oh, never would I gamble with her destiny— |
| Tropecé de nuevo why con el mismo pie | Tripped again, the same foot tangled in the clay. |