| Muy cerca de mi ocaso yo te bendigo, vida
| Very close to my sunset I bless you, life
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| Porque nunca me diste ni esperanza fallida
| Because you never gave me even failed hope
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| Ni trabajos injustos, ni pena inmerecida
| Neither unfair jobs, nor undeserved punishment
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| Muy cerca de mi ocaso yo te bendigo, vida
| Very close to my sunset I bless you, life
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| Porque nunca me diste ni esperanza fallida
| Because you never gave me even failed hope
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| Ni trabajos injustos, ni pena inmerecida
| Neither unfair jobs, nor undeserved punishment
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| Porque veo el final de mi rudo camino
| 'Cause I see the end of my rough road
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| Que yo fui el arquitecto de mi propio destino
| That I was the architect of my own destiny
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| Que si extraje las mieles o la hiel de las cosas
| That if I extracted the honey or the gall of things
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| Fue porque en ellas puse hiel o mieles sabrosas
| It was because I put gall or tasty honey in them
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| Cuanto planté rosales, coseché siempre rosas
| When I planted rose bushes, I always harvested roses
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| Cierto, a mis lozanías va a seguir el invierno
| True, my blossoms will be followed by winter
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| Más tú no me dijiste que mayo fuese eterno
| But you didn't tell me that May was eternal
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| Hallé sin duda largas las noches de mis penas
| I found without a doubt long the nights of my sorrows
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| Mas nunca prometiste tan sólo noches buenas
| But you never promised only good nights
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| Y en cambio tuve algunas santamente serenas
| And instead I had some holy serene
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| Amé, fui amado, el sol acarició mi faz
| I loved, I was loved, the sun caressed my face
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| Vida, nada me debes! | Life, you owe me nothing! |
| Vida, estamos en paz!
| Life, we are at peace!
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| Hallé sin duda largas las noches de mis penas
| I found without a doubt long the nights of my sorrows
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| Mas nunca prometiste tan sólo noches buenas
| But you never promised only good nights
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| Y en cambio tuve algunas santamente serenas
| And instead I had some holy serene
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| Amé, fui amado, el sol acarició mi faz
| I loved, I was loved, the sun caressed my face
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| Vida, nada me debes! | Life, you owe me nothing! |
| Vida, estamos en paz!
| Life, we are at peace!
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| Vida, estamos en paz! | Life, we are at peace! |