| Vengo a robarte la siesta con la manilla del desván
| I come to steal your nap with the attic handle
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| Con toses de carretero vengo vendiendo cal
| With the cough of a carter I have been selling lime
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| Y es que traigo colmo en los cajones
| And it is that I bring high in the drawers
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| De hollín de mis pulmones, de agujas de tejer
| From soot from my lungs, from knitting needles
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| Chispas del cruzar de cables de ojitos miserables
| Sparks from the crossing of wires from miserable little eyes
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| Que no quisieron ver
| that they did not want to see
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| Vengo de trenzar esparto para la reja de un penal
| I come from braiding esparto grass for the fence of a prison
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| Despeinando a la tristeza, que está recién pintá
| disheveling sadness, which is freshly painted
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| Y es que guardo su lamento quedo
| And it is that I keep your lament
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| Goteando entre los dedos en cántaros de cinc
| Dripping between the fingers in zinc pitchers
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| Y en zurrones de miseria, bombillas de la feria
| And in bags of misery, light bulbs from the fair
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| Perfume de alperchín
| alperchín perfume
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| Y me voy con la camisa rota
| And I leave with a torn shirt
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| Porque me he hecho una bandera
| Because I have made a flag
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| Con guirnaldas de guijarros
| With pebble garlands
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| Plumas de palomas negras
| black pigeon feathers
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| Que el verso que le di al aire
| That the verse that I gave to the air
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| Muere de cualquier manera
| die anyway
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| Y en el cielo de tu boca
| And in the sky of your mouth
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| Se lo comerá la niebla
| The fog will eat it
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| Vengo a herrar a las orugas para después condecorar
| I come to shoe the caterpillars to later decorate
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| A las abejas que no venden la miel de su panal
| To the bees that do not sell the honey from their honeycomb
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| Y es que traigo nubes de rabieta que inunden las macetas
| And it is that I bring clouds of tantrums that flood the pots
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| De ganas de encallar
| wanting to run aground
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| Lagrimitas traicioneras, tiñendo las bañeras…
| Treacherous little tears, staining the bathtubs…
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| …cuchillas de afeitar
| …razor blades
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| Y me voy con la camisa rota
| And I leave with a torn shirt
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| Porque me he hecho una bandera
| Because I have made a flag
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| Con guirnaldas de guijarros
| With pebble garlands
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| Plumas de palomas negras
| black pigeon feathers
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| Que el verso que le di al aire
| That the verse that I gave to the air
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| Muere de cualquier manera
| die anyway
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| Y en el cielo de tu boca
| And in the sky of your mouth
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| Se lo comerá la niebla | The fog will eat it |