| Ella gritó, después susurró
| She screamed, then she whispered
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| y en ningún caso yo entendí una palabra.
| and in no case did I understand a word.
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| Dijo que sí, siempre estaría allí,
| She said yes, she would always be there,
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| y después pretendió que le diera las gracias.
| and then she pretended to be thanked.
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| Comenzó una noche cualquiera
| She started any given night
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| y aún no lo he sabido parar.
| and I still haven't known how to stop it.
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| Ella corrió; | She ran; |
| dijo: «ven tras de mí»,
| she said "come after me"
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| y el polvo que levantó me cegó completamente.
| and the dust she kicked up completely blinded me.
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| Me señaló; | She pointed at me; |
| gruñó: «es el mismo error».
| she growled: "it's the same mistake."
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| Yo traté de explicar que era un error diferente.
| I tried to explain that it was a different mistake.
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| ¿Qué más da? | What difference does it make? |
| Se trata de errores.
| It's about mistakes.
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| Qué más da, si el peor de ellos fue
| What does it matter, if the worst of them was
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| que ella me confundió con una persona que, obviamente, no era yo.
| that she mistook me for a person who was obviously not me.
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| Ella aportó ante el juez cartas,
| She brought before the judge letters,
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| y yo juraré que aquella no era mi letra.
| and I will swear that that was not my handwriting.
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| Puso en mi boca frases que a mí
| She put phrases in my mouth that to me
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| me sonaban a pura jerga extranjera.
| they sounded like pure foreign slang to me.
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| Señor Juez, esa no es mi ropa.
| Your Honor, those are not my clothes.
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| No, aquel no es mi neceser.
| No, that's not my toiletry bag.
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| Una noche salí; | One night I went out; |
| vi a un anciano morir.
| I saw an old man die.
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| Me quedé y le robé su dentadura postiza.
| I stayed and stole his dentures from him.
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| Ahora sí, ya te puedo mirar
| Now yes, I can look at you
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| y lucir a la vez una enorme sonrisa.
| and wear a huge smile at the same time.
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| ¿Qué más da que la gente muera?
| What difference does it make if people die?
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| Qué más da, si tienen que morir.
| What difference does it make if they have to die.
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| Ella me confundió con una persona que, obviamente, no era yo.
| She mistook me for a person who was obviously not me.
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| Me lo podéis discutir, y hasta contradecir, | You can argue with me, and even contradict, |
| pero sé lo que viví, rezando día y noche así:
| but I know what I lived through, praying day and night like this:
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| Dios mío, haz que me olvide o que se muera.
| My God, make him forget me or die.
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| Ella volvió. | She returned. |
| Oh sí, ella volvió,
| Oh yes she came back
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| y no tardó en declararme su amor tan profundo.
| and she didn't take long to declare her love for her so deep for her.
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| Hagamos que todo empiece otra vez
| Let's make it all start again
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| y termine con el polvo más triste del mundo.
| and end with the saddest fuck in the world.
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| ¿Qué más da que el amor renazca?
| What does it matter if love is reborn?
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| Qué más da, si en el fondo yo sé
| What does it matter, if deep down I know
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| que ella me confundió con una persona que, obviamente, no era yo. | that she mistook me for a person who was obviously not me. |