| ¡No!, permanecer y transcurrir
| No! Stay and pass
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| no es perdurar, no es existir, ni honrar la vida.
| It is not to endure, it is not to exist, nor is it to honor life.
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| Hay tantas manera de no ser
| There are so many ways not to be
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| tanta conciencia sin saber, adormecida.
| so much consciousness without knowing, numb.
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| Merecer la vida no es callar ni consentir tantas injusticias repetidas;
| To deserve life is not to remain silent or consent to so many repeated injustices;
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| una virtud es dignidad y es la actitud de identidad mas definida,
| a virtue is dignity and it is the most defined attitude of identity,
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| eso de durar y transcurrir no nos da derecho a presumir
| that of lasting and passing does not give us the right to boast
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| porque no es lo mismo que vivir,¡Honrar la vida!
| because it is not the same as living, honoring life!
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| ¡No!, permanecer y transcurrir
| No! Stay and pass
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| no siempre quiere sugerir honrar la vida.
| does not always mean to suggest honoring life.
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| Hay tanta pequeña vanidad
| There is so much little vanity
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| en nuestra tonta humanidad enceguecida.
| in our foolish blinded humanity.
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| Merecer la vida es erguirse vertical mas allá del mar de las caídas;
| To deserve life is to stand upright beyond the sea of falls;
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| es igual que darle a la verdad y a nuestra propia libertad la bienvenida,
| is the same as welcoming the truth and our own freedom,
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| eso de durar y transcurrir no nos da derecho a presumir
| that of lasting and passing does not give us the right to boast
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| porque no es lo mismo que vivir, ¡Honrar la vida! | because it is not the same as living, honoring life! |