| Padre, éste es el último baile
| Father, this is the last dance
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| Es hora de dormir
| It's time to sleep
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| Por hoy ya estuvo bien
| It was good for today
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| Lo dejamos aquí
| we leave it here
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| Padre, no ha debido educarme así
| Father, you shouldn't have brought me up like this
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| Pero así sucedió
| But that's how it happened
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| Y ahora quiero volver a tratar de correr
| And now I want to try to run again
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| Sin siquiera haber aprendido a andar
| Without even having learned to walk
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| Sé que no es frecuente en mí escuchar la verdad
| I know it's not often for me to hear the truth
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| Pero deje que al menos intente cambiar
| But let me at least try to change
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| Y que me extirpen del alma
| And that they remove me from the soul
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| Este pecado mortal
| this deadly sin
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| Que me anega y me arrastra
| That drowns me and drags me
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| Como el agua cuando hay pleamar
| Like water when there is high tide
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| Y Padre, mire el cielo cómo abre
| And Father, look at the sky how it opens
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| Y cuanto más azul está
| And the bluer it is
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| Más difícil será
| more difficult it will be
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| Luego salir
| then leave
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| Deme sólo una razón
| give me just one reason
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| Para seguir aquí
| to continue here
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| Si la noche murió y la luna se vio
| If the night died and the moon was seen
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| Condenada una vez más a desaparecer
| Condemned once again to disappear
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| Y asimismo hago yo
| And so do I
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| Alguien que lo intentó
| someone who tried
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| Y que al cabo se dijo
| And that at the end it was said
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| «nos vamos, no hay nada que hacer»
| "we're leaving, there's nothing to do"
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| Y se revuelve aquí dentro
| And it stirs in here
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| Este inextirpable mal
| This inextricable evil
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| Esto que sólo el veneno
| This that only poison
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| Parece saber calmar
| seems to know how to calm
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| Y Padre, dígame si es incurable
| And Father, tell me if it is incurable
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| Esta enfermedad
| This sickness
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| Que es poder apreciar cosas buenas aquí
| What is being able to appreciate good things here
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| Con sensibilidad
| with sensitivity
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| Y saberme a la vez tan incapaz
| And knowing that I am so incapable at the same time
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| De disfrutarlas igual que hacen los demás
| To enjoy them the same as the others
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| Y si ahora le rezo
| And if now I pray to him
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| Padre, ha de entender | Father, you have to understand |