| Táctica en la sombra, ni luz ni color, quieta en un rincón
| Tactic in the shadow, neither light nor color, still in a corner
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| Luna no se asoma, se hace un edredón de granizo y me busca
| Luna does not appear, she makes a quilt of hail and looks for me
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| Y no me descubre soñando desde las ramas
| And she does not discover me dreaming from the branches
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| Desde mi escondite lanzo pistas, hojas de nieve
| From my hiding place I throw clues, sheets of snow
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| Con ojos pintados, pedazos de sílabas, fonemas mudos
| With painted eyes, pieces of syllables, silent phonemes
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| Y no me descubre soñando que desde las ramas ensayo
| And he does not discover me dreaming that from the branches I rehearse
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| Mis primeros vocablos en su voz
| My first words in his voice
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| Desde lo alto, como viruta de hierro
| From on high, like iron shavings
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| Un silbido tibio caracolea hasta su cara
| A warm whistle snails up to his face
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| Y si me descubre me lava de penas a besos
| And if she discovers me, she washes me from sorrows with kisses
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| Como ochenta y seis cristales pequeños de jabón | About eighty-six small crystals of soap |