Translation of the song lyrics La Mentira - Luis Miguel

La Mentira (original)

Se te olvida
Que me quieres a pesar de lo que dices
Pues llevamos en el alma cicatrices
Imposibles de borrar
Se te olvida
Que hasta puedo hacerte mal si me decido
Pues tu amor lo tengo muy comprometido
Pero a fuerzas no será
Y hoy resulta
Que no soy de la estatura de tu vida
Y al dejarme casi, casi, se te olvida
Que hay un pacto entre los dos
Por mi parte
Te devuelvo tu promesa de adorarme
Ni siquiera sientas pena por dejarme
Que ese pacto
No es con Dios

La Mentira (translation)

You forget—
That your love for me endures, silken beneath your words’ ash-veil,
For both our souls are parchment, scored by wounds that time declines to heal,
Their scars etched deep—like rain that stains old stone, indelible,
You forget—
That even I could be the storm to break your bough, should I so will,
For I have bound your heart with cords drawn taut, forbidden and fragile,
Yet force shall never forge a chain between our hands—
And now it comes to pass—
That I fall short, unmeasured for the scale of your days,
And as you turn, half-leaving, almost, almost, you forget—
There lies a covenant unbroken, woven between us two,
For my share—
I return to you the vow once set with fire upon your lips,
Let not a single petal of regret descend for leaving me—
For such a pact
Is not with God