| Si ves un monte de espuma
| If you see a mound of foam
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| Es mi verso lo que ves
| It's my verse what you see
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| Mi verso es un monte y es
| My verse is a mountain and it is
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| Un abanico de plumas
| a fan of feathers
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| Yo vengo de todas partes
| I come from everywhere
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| Y hacia todas partes voy
| And everywhere I go
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| Arte soy entre las artes
| Art I am among the arts
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| Y en los montes monte soy
| And in the mountains mount I am
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| Mi verso al valiente agrada
| My verse pleases the brave
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| Mi verso breve y sincero
| My short and sincere verse
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| Es del vigor del acero
| It is of the vigor of steel
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| Con que se funde la espada
| With which the sword melts
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| Con que se funde la espada
| With which the sword melts
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| Vierte, corazón, tu pena
| Pour, heart, your sorrow
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| Donde no se llegue a ver
| Where you can't see
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| Por soberbia y por no ser
| For arrogance and for not being
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| Motivo de pena ajena
| Reason for another's grief
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| Mi verso es como un puñal
| My verse is like a dagger
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| Que por el puño hecha flor
| That by the fist made flower
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| Mi verso es un surtidor
| My verse is a supplier
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| Que da un agua de coral
| What gives a coral water
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| Mi verso es de un verde claro
| My verse is light green
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| Y de un carmín encendido
| And of a lit carmine
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| Mi verso es un ciervo herido
| My verse is a wounded deer
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| Que busca en el monte amparo
| What are you looking for in the shelter mount
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| Mírame, madre, y por tu amor no llores
| Look at me, mother, and for your love do not cry
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| Si esclava de mi edad y mis doctrinas
| If a slave of my age and my doctrines
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| Tu mártir corazón llené de espinas
| Your martyr heart filled with thorns
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| Piensa que nacen entre espinas, flores
| Think that they are born among thorns, flowers
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| Duermo en mi cama de roca
| I sleep on my rock bed
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| Mi sueño dulce y profundo
| My sweet and deep sleep
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| Roza una abeja mi boca
| A bee grazes my mouth
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| Y crece en mi cuerpo el mundo
| And the world grows in my body
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| Yo he visto al águila herida
| I have seen the wounded eagle
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| Volar al azul sereno
| Fly to the serene blue
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| Y morir en su guarida
| And die in his lair
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| La víbora del veneno
| The poison viper
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| Oculto en mi pecho bravo
| Hidden in my bravo chest
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| La pena que me lo hiere
| The pity that hurts me
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| El hijo de un pueblo esclavo
| The son of a slave people
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| Vive por él, calla y muere
| Live for him, shut up and die
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| Vive por él, calla y muere
| Live for him, shut up and die
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| Yo sé de un pesar profundo
| I know of deep regret
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| La esclavitud de los hombres
| The slavery of men
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| Es la gran pena del mundo
| It is the great sorrow of the world
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| Hay montes y hay que subir
| There are mountains and you have to climb
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| Los montes altos después
| The high mountains after
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| Veremos, alma, quién es
| We will see, soul, who is
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| Quén te me ha puesto a morir
| What has made me die
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| Mi verso al valiente agrada
| My verse pleases the brave
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| Mi verso breve y sincero
| My short and sincere verse
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| Es del vigor del acero
| It is of the vigor of steel
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| Con que se funde la espada
| With which the sword melts
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| Con que se funde la espada | With which the sword melts |