| Sé de animales que habitan aguas profundas
| I know of animals that live in deep waters
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| y que devoran lo que su canto seduce.
| and that devour what their song seduces.
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| Reinos perdidos en tiempos lejanos
| Kingdoms lost in distant times
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| en los que a nada ningún destino conduce.
| in which no destination leads to anything.
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| Bosques inmensos esconden criaturas
| Immense forests hide creatures
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| que aúllan y que cabalgan enormes serpientes.
| who howl and who ride enormous serpents.
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| Múltiples soles convergen y en su cuadratura
| Multiple suns converge and square
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| toda memoria se pierde.
| all memory is lost.
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| Y todo está a un solo paso de aquí.
| And everything is just one step away from here.
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| Y vivo en mí. | And I live in me. |
| Sin aliento, suspendido,
| Breathless, suspended,
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| y no sé, qué me niega de repente
| and I don't know, what suddenly denies me
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| la palabra, el aire, el sueño, hasta la vida.
| the word, the air, the dream, even life.
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| Y no me deja respirar, y,
| And it won't let me breathe, and,
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| y no me deja respirar, y,
| and it doesn't let me breathe, and,
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| Uh.
| uh.
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| Uh.
| uh.
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| Humo de incienso especiado, dulce e intenso,
| Spicy incense smoke, sweet and intense,
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| perfuma cuentos de mil y una noche.
| perfumes tales of a thousand and one nights.
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| Mientras la liebre se afana y amaga entre arbustos
| While the hare toils and feints in the bushes
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| puede lo que a otra liebre le importe.
| he can what another hare cares.
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| Monstruos de crestas feroces surcando mares
| Fierce crested monsters sailing seas
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| y alzando olas de espuma gigantes.
| and raising giant waves of foam.
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| Luchan contra legiones dragones de fuego
| They fight against legions of fire dragons
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| y armadas de ciento-un leviatanes.
| and armies of a hundred-one leviathans.
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| Y todo está a un solo paso de aquí.
| And everything is just one step away from here.
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| Y todo está a un solo paso de aquí.
| And everything is just one step away from here.
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| Y vivo en mí. | And I live in me. |
| Sin aliento, suspendido,
| Breathless, suspended,
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| y no sé, qué me niega de repente
| and I don't know, what suddenly denies me
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| la palabra, el aire, el sueño, hasta la vida.
| the word, the air, the dream, even life.
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| Y no me deja respirar, y,
| And it won't let me breathe, and,
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| y no me deja respirar, y,
| and it doesn't let me breathe, and,
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| y heme aquí como ausente como ido,
| and here I am as absent as gone,
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| y no sé, qué me inhibe el pensamiento
| and I don't know, what inhibits my thinking
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| el movimiento por muy fuerte tira el viento.
| the movement no matter how strong the wind pulls.
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| Y no me deja respirar, y,
| And it won't let me breathe, and,
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| y no me deja respirar, y,
| and it doesn't let me breathe, and,
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| Tú.
| You.
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| Y no me deja respirar, y,
| And it won't let me breathe, and,
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| y no me deja respirar, y,
| and it doesn't let me breathe, and,
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| Tú.
| You.
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| Y no me deja respirar, y,
| And it won't let me breathe, and,
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| Y no me deja respirar, y,
| And it won't let me breathe, and,
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| y no me deja respirar, y,
| and it doesn't let me breathe, and,
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| Tú.
| You.
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| Y no me deja respirar, y… | And it doesn't let me breathe, and... |