| No no voy a llorar por ti
| No I will not cry for you
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| Voy a guardarme este recuerdo
| I'm going to keep this memory
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| No no voy a llorar por ti
| No I will not cry for you
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| Que mi corazon no ha muerto
| that my heart has not died
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| No ha muerto no ha muerto
| not dead not dead
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| Que quieren sueños de nuestra Tierra
| Who want dreams of our Earth
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| O bislumbres de cada guerra
| Or glimpses of every war
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| Donde los dientes de un zapoteca liberan sueños de mezcal
| Where the teeth of a Zapotec release dreams of mezcal
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| Que lo malo se va a acabar
| That the bad is going to end
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| Que lo bueno ya va a empezar
| That the good things are about to start
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| Ya no quiero llorar de pena
| I no longer want to cry in sorrow
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| Solo quiero cantar azusenas
| I just want to sing azusenas
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| Que el cielo me quiere cantar
| That the sky wants to sing to me
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| Que el cielo me quiere cantar
| That the sky wants to sing to me
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| Platicaba la espuma al mar
| The foam talked to the sea
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| Platicaba la espuma al mar
| The foam talked to the sea
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| En los ojos que estaban llorando
| In the eyes that were crying
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| En los puños que se cerraron
| In the fists that clenched
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| Y en el viento que secrecia
| And in the wind that secreted
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| Mariposas que ya no volavan
| Butterflies that no longer flew
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| Y una guerra tapada con su manto
| And a war covered with its cloak
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| Unas calles con lumbres quebrados
| Some streets with broken lights
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| Donde manda la ley de la selva
| Where the law of the jungle rules
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| Donde fueron las cosas buenas
| where were the good things
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| Yo te culpo por el silencio
| I blame you for the silence
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| En la culpa de una mirada
| In the guilt of a look
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| Yo te busco como testigo
| I look for you as a witness
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| Yo te busco por el bordado
| I look for you by the embroidery
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| De mujeres y de poetas
| Of women and of poets
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| El discurso que causa preguntas
| The speech that causes questions
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| El tejido de servilletas
| napkin weaving
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| Justicia! | Justice! |
| te busqué en la calle
| I looked for you on the street
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| Te busqué en el diario
| I looked for you in the newspaper
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| En la television
| on television
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| En las voces sordas de los tribunales
| In the deaf voices of the courts
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| Justicia! | Justice! |
| te busque en las caras
| I looked for you in the faces
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| Te busque en las bocas
| I looked for you in the mouths
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| Te busque en las mentes
| I looked for you in the minds
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| Te busque en los ojos de nuestras ciudades
| I looked for you in the eyes of our cities
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| Sigo creyendo que lo malo acaba
| I still believe that the bad ends
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| Que lo bueno viene
| that the good comes
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| La conciencia te llama
| conscience calls you
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| Sigo creyendo que lo malo acaba
| I still believe that the bad ends
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| Que lo bueno viene
| that the good comes
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| La conciencia te llama
| conscience calls you
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| Yo te busco en las defunciones
| I look for you in deaths
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| Que en papel nunca aparecieras
| That on paper you never appeared
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| En las manchas de las canteras
| In the stains of the quarries
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| La pintura te borraria
| The painting would erase you
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| Pero no borra mi memoria
| But it doesn't erase my memory
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| Ni el orgullo ni valentia
| Neither pride nor bravery
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| Ni la voz de las cacerolas
| Nor the voice of the saucepans
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| Ni las radios de mis vecinas | Nor the radios of my neighbors |