| Se apoyaron en mi quicio y coroné
| They leaned on my hinge and I crowned
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| Sus cabezas con tormentas
| Their heads with storms
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| Y para trapos quedaron las colchas
| And the quilts were left for rags
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| Después de perder la cosecha
| After losing the crop
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| Y me duelen, y les duelo
| And they hurt me, and I hurt them
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| Cuando afilo el vidrio que rasga su vientre
| When I sharpen the glass that rips her belly
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| Se avergüenza el deshollinador
| The chimney sweep is ashamed
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| De dejar el camastro rusiente
| To leave the burning bunk
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| Tan rusiente
| so hot
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| Si me confieso inocente volverán
| If I confess I'm innocent, they'll come back
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| A lacerarme el costado
| lacerate my side
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| Germinarán azabaches ladrillos
| They will germinate jet bricks
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| Edificarán el Calvario
| They will build Calvary
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| Se desvisten las rameras
| the harlots get undressed
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| De mantillas rojas y cauces serenos
| Of red mantillas and serene riverbeds
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| Y barrunta el estómago que
| And the stomach feels that
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| Volverán los erizos hambrientos
| Hungry hedgehogs will return
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| Juntos hicimos con cuchillos ese hogar
| Together we made that home with knives
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| Que se otoñaba con hogazas cada vez
| That it fell with loaves every time
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| Que la desdicha lo embestía para entrar
| That misfortune attacked him to enter
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| A revolver
| to stir
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| Se desteñirán la rabia y el pelaje
| Fur and rabies will fade
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| Se agrietarán en los estíos
| They will crack in the summers
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| Y, harto de bregar soltando correajes
| And, tired of struggling releasing belts
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| Dormitaré entre el gentío
| I'll doze in the crowd
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| Cociné mis migrañas
| I cooked my migraines
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| Con los hornos a todo gas
| With full gas ovens
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| Y nos dimos un festín de intestinos
| And we had a feast of intestines
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| Regamos la grama, quisimos vagar | We watered the grass, we wanted to wander |