| Querido Guerra, con tremenda pena,
| Dear War, with tremendous sorrow,
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| debo decirte que ha sido obsoleto
| I must tell you that it has been obsolete
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| todo intento de escribirte un soneto,
| every attempt to write you a sonnet,
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| ya que no es arte que me pille en vena.
| since it is not art that catches me in vein.
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| Y te juro que me he propuesto en serio
| And I swear to you that I seriously proposed
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| descerrajar con consonante rima
| unlock with rhyming consonant
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| algunos candados que llevo encima,
| some padlocks that I carry,
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| pero ni modo, sigo en cautiverio.
| but no way, I'm still in captivity.
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| Por lo que amigo, te pido disculpas
| For what my friend, I apologize
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| por si te he causado algún atropello
| in case I have caused you any abuse
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| en tu proyecto de disco gregario.
| in your gregarious disco project.
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| Recaigan sobre mí todas las culpas,
| All the blame falls on me
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| que no se me enciende ningún destello
| that no flash lights up on me
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| de musas, sino todo lo contrario.
| of muses, but quite the opposite.
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| Miguel Poveda, con tremenda pena,
| Miguel Poveda, with tremendous sorrow,
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| debo decirte que ha sido obsoleto
| I must tell you that it has been obsolete
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| todo intento de escribirte un soneto,
| every attempt to write you a sonnet,
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| ya que no es arte que me pille en vena,
| since it is not art that catches me in vein,
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| ya que no es arte que me pille en vena,
| since it is not art that catches me in vein,
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| ya que no es arte que me pille en vena. | since it is not art that catches me in vein. |