| Buscaba mi alma con afán tu alma
| I was looking for my soul with eagerness your soul
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| Buscaba yo la virgen que a mi frente
| I was looking for the virgin that in front of me
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| Tocaba con sus manos dulcemente
| She touched with her hands sweetly
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| En el febril insomnio de mi amor
| In the feverish insomnia of my love
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| Buscaba yo la mujer pálida y bella
| I was looking for the pale and beautiful woman
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| Que en mis sueños me visita desde niño
| That in my dreams she visits me since I was a child
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| Para partir con ella mi cariño
| To leave with her my love
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| Para partir con ella mi dolor
| To share with her my pain
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| Como en la sacra soledad del templo
| As in the sacred solitude of the temple
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| Sin ver a dios se siente su presencia
| Without seeing God, his presence is felt
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| Yo presentí en el mundo tu existencia
| I sensed your existence in the world
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| Y como a dios, sin verte te adore
| And as a god, without seeing you I adored you
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| Amémonos mi bien en este mundo
| Let's love each other my good in this world
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| Donde lagrimas tantas se derraman
| where so many tears are shed
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| Las que vierten quizá los que se aman
| Those who pour perhaps those who love each other
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| Tienen un no se que de bendición
| They have an I don't know what a blessing
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| Amar es empapar el pensamiento
| To love is to soak the thought
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| Con la fragancia del edén perdido
| With the fragrance of lost eden
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| Amar, amar es llevar herido
| To love, to love is to carry wounded
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| Con un dardo celeste el corazón
| With a celestial dart the heart
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| Es tocar los dinteles de la gloria
| It is touching the lintels of glory
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| Es ver tus ojos, es escuchar tu acento
| It's seeing your eyes, it's hearing your accent
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| Es en el alma llevar el firmamento
| It is in the soul to carry the firmament
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| Y es morir a tus pies de adoración | And it is to die at your feet of adoration |