| Fui lo que fui, crecí como crecí.
| I was what I was, I grew as I grew.
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| Quizás como un árbol torcío'
| Perhaps like a crooked tree'
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| Soy lo que vi, soy lo que sentí
| I am what I saw, I am what I felt
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| Y un picor quedó como queda el niño
| And an itch remained as the child remains
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| Busqué una raíz que agarrara mis pies.
| I looked for a root that would grab my feet.
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| Pero trepé en busca de la fruta más alta
| But I climbed in search of the highest fruit
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| Sin saber que rama me bajaría después
| Without knowing which branch would lower me next
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| Y caí. | And I fell. |
| yo caí, y caí. | I fell, and I fell. |
| yo caí
| I fell
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| Viví contra vivir. | I lived against living. |
| con grito sin decir
| with a cry without saying
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| Y al final resquicios tatuados
| And at the end tattooed chinks
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| Tratados con el ayer, guardados en candados de papel.
| Treated with yesterday, kept in paper locks.
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| Un soplío'. | A breath'. |
| silencios desbordados
| overflowing silences
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| Robé esquemas de hombres libres sin leyes
| I stole schemes from free men without laws
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| Andé a un palmo del suelo.
| I walked a foot from the ground.
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| Visitante de mi propio cuerpo. | Visitor from my own body. |
| cuerpo. | body. |
| cuerpo
| body
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| Y seguí. | And I continued. |
| yo seguí, y seguí. | I went on and on. |
| yo seguí | I followed |