| Dijo de mí que entibió mi lecho
| He said about me that he warmed my bed
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| Helado de ausencia, vacante y maltrecho
| Ice cream of absence, vacancy and battered
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| Dijo de mí que no dije nada
| He said of me that I did not say anything
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| Cuando en un impulso me instaló en su alma
| When on impulse she installed me in her soul
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| Pero nunca dijo que buscaba amparo
| But he never said that she was looking for shelter
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| Cuando derrumbada por un desengaño
| When collapsed by a disappointment
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| Encontró refugio en mis pobres brazos
| She found shelter in my poor arms
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| Y empapó mi pecho con su largo llanto
| And she drenched my chest with her long cry
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| Pero nunca dijo que llegó penando
| But she never said that she arrived suffering
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| Que mis orfandades se fueron poblando
| That my orphanages were populated
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| De ilusiones nuevas y de un nuevo canto
| Of new illusions and a new song
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| Que desvanecieron antiguos quebrantos
| That old brokenness vanished
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| Dijo de mí que no la miraba
| She said of me that I didn't look at her
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| Como si ella fuera poco más que nada
| As if she was little more than nothing
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| Dijo de mí que era inconsecuente
| She said of me that she was inconsistent
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| Parco y taciturno cruel e indiferente
| Sparing and taciturn cruel and indifferent
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| Pero nunca dijo que invadió mi casa
| But she never said that she invaded my house
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| Profanando cosas que me son amadas
| Desecrating things that are dear to me
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| Mis queridos libros y entre mis marañas
| My dear books and among my tangles
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| Liberando historias que me son amargas
| Releasing stories that are bitter to me
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| Por airearlo todo abrió las ventanas
| To air it all, he opened the windows
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| Y dejó que huyeran dos o tres infamias
| And she let two or three infamies run away
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| Que mis soledades tenían guardadas
| That my solitudes had saved
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| Donde nunca nadie pudiera encontrarlas
| Where no one could ever find them
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| Dijo de mí que la malquería
| She said of me that I wanted her badly
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| Sin tener en cuenta lo que yo sentía
| Without taking into account what I felt
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| Nunca creí que me abandonara
| I never thought she would leave me
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| Como se abandona lo que no se ama
| How to abandon what is not loved
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| Cuando abrió la puerta me quedé pasmado
| When he opened the door I was stunned
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| Como sin conciencia descorazonado
| As without conscience disheartened
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| La miré a los ojos casi suplicando
| I looked into her eyes almost pleading
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| Y a pesar de todo no tendí mis brazos
| And despite everything I didn't stretch out my arms
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| Se alejó en silencio y en aquel espacio
| She walked away in silence and in that space
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| Me quedé tan solo como un solitario
| I stayed as lonely as a loner
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| Con el alma rota en cien mil pedazos
| With the soul broken into a hundred thousand pieces
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| Me miré al espejo y me vi llorando | I looked in the mirror and saw myself crying |