| Así de pronto amanecí en un inmenso corredor.
| So suddenly I woke up in an immense corridor.
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| Miré a ambos lados y vi solamente puertas,
| I looked both ways and saw only doors,
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| y en cada una de ellas grandes letras rezaban así:
| and in each one of them large letters read like this:
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| ESTO NO ES UNA SALIDA.
| THIS IS NOT AN EXIT.
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| Tras una de ellas te encontré,
| After one of them I found you,
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| desnuda y asustada y proyectada contra la pared.
| naked and scared and projected against the wall.
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| Tú me guiñaste un ojo, yo me acerqué y oí tu voz.
| You winked at me, I got closer and heard your voice.
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| «Cuando ordene usted puedo desaparecer».
| "When you order I can disappear."
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| Y yo no le di mayor importancia a lo que oí
| And I did not give greater importance to what I heard
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| y ése fue mi gran error.
| and that was my big mistake.
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| Te podía golpear y aún estaba bien.
| I could hit you and it was still good.
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| Te humillé, te violé y tú seguías en pie.
| I humiliated you, I raped you and you were still standing.
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| Y aunque no es frecuente en mí,
| And although it is not frequent in me,
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| quise concederte un nombre y te di a elegir:
| I wanted to give you a name and I gave you a choice:
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| «¿Cómo te quieres llamar?».
| "What do you want to call yourself?"
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| Tú me respondiste así: «Marilyn».
| You answered me like this: "Marilyn."
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| Y aunque no eras rubia,
| And although you were not blonde,
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| y aunque no hablabas inglés,
| and although you did not speak English,
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| y aunque eras más que estúpida,
| and even though you were beyond stupid,
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| y aunque no sé ni si eras mujer,
| and although I don't even know if you were a woman,
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| en fin, serías tú mi Marilyn particular.
| Anyway, you would be my personal Marilyn.
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| Como los ríos fluyen,
| As the rivers flow
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| igual que el viento sopla, así el amor destruye
| just as the wind blows, so love destroys
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| y yo lo supe en el momento en que me repetiste allí:
| and I knew it the moment you repeated to me there:
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| «Cuando ordene usted puedo desaparecer».
| "When you order I can disappear."
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| Y ahora si tiemblo de dolor,
| And now if I tremble in pain,
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| y si aúllo de dolor,
| and if I howl in pain,
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| y si ladro de dolor, | and if I bark in pain, |
| y si ululo de dolor es por ti, Marilyn,
| and if I hoot with pain it's for you, Marilyn,
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| es por ti, mi Marilyn,
| it is for you, my Marilyn,
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| y además es mi forma de cantar, la, la, la …
| and it is also my way of singing, la, la, la…
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| Yo jamás imaginé que un poco de amor
| I never imagined that a little love
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| le podía a uno causar tanto, tanto dolor.
| it could cause one so much, so much pain.
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| ¿Cómo iba a adivinar
| How was I to guess
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| que podía hacerme daño alguien que era irreal?
| that someone who was unreal could hurt me?
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| Y la puerta se cerró,
| And the door closed
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| y así mismo te perdí, Marilyn … Marylin …
| and likewise I lost you, Marilyn… Marylin…
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| Me dicen que estoy loco,
| They tell me I'm crazy
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| me dicen que he perdido la razón.
| They tell me that I have lost my mind.
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| Me podrían apalear, podrían quemarme en la hoguera,
| They could beat me up, they could burn me at the stake,
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| hacer de mí lo que ellos quieran,
| make of me what they want,
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| pero sólo yo sé la verdad,
| But only I know the truth
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| y la verdad es que sí, yo, yo te he querido, Marilyn. | and the truth is that yes, I, I have loved you, Marilyn. |