| Adiós, decía el estampido y yo
| Goodbye, said the stampede and I
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| Detrás de su reflejo fui
| Behind her reflection of her I went
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| Sujétame un rato este sol, te dije, y ya jamás volví
| Hold this sun for a while, I told you, and I never came back
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| Y con tanto rumiar las briznas me olvidé
| And with so much ruminating the blades I forgot
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| De echarle más pelusa al ombligo y, tal vez
| To add more fluff to the navel and maybe
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| Debí mirar atrás y preguntar si ayer
| I should have looked back and asked if yesterday
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| La lontananza era limpia y la senda también
| The distance was clear and the path too
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| Será que mi cansino caminar
| Could it be that my tired walk
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| No ronda por la puerta de
| Don't hang around the door
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| Aquello que llaman amor
| what they call love
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| Y en el alféizar me quedé
| And on the windowsill I stayed
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| Mirándote al pasar, queriéndote ofrecer
| Watching you pass by, wanting to offer you
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| El pienso de tan lejos que no pudo ser
| I think from so far away that it couldn't be
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| Y te quiero contar que nada me amparó
| And I want to tell you that nothing protected me
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| Así que mal y tarde te pido
| So bad and late I ask you
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| Quédate hasta el día que lluevan pianos
| Stay until the day it rains pianos
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| Quédate hasta que yo dé mi brazo a retorcer
| Stay until I give my arm to twist
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| Y fóllame, como si esta noche me fuera a comer
| And fuck me, as if tonight I was going to eat
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| Las estrellas una a una
| The stars one by one
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| Quédate, jugará tu corazón al esconder, con el mío
| Stay, your heart will play hide-and-seek with mine
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| En la basura
| In the trash
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| Contar las puntadas sin hilo es
| Counting stitches without thread is
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| Lo que me queda por hacer
| What I have left to do
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| Que dicen que tan necio soy
| They say how foolish I am
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| Que no he sabido enloquecer
| That I have not known how to go crazy
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| Pero juré enlutar los tumbos que bordé
| But I swore to mourn the tumbles that I bordered
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| Y levantarme cabal y maldito por ti
| And stand up straight and cursed for you
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| Y, al decirle al papel que sigo estando aquí
| And, by telling the paper that I'm still here
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| El eco me devuelva el gemido | The echo returns the moan |