| Tu retrato sigue aquí como si nada
| Your portrait is still here as if nothing
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| Exhibido en la pared de la memoria
| Displayed on the wall of memory
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| Con el pelo de huracán que te adornaba
| With the hurricane hair that adorned you
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| Y tu boca de humedad haciendo historia
| And your mouth of moisture making history
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| Tu retrato tiene un sol que no aparece
| Your portrait has a sun that does not appear
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| Y una sombra que te ataca por la izquierda
| And a shadow that attacks you from the left
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| Y ese brillo en tus pupilas se agradecen
| And that shine in your pupils is appreciated
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| Tu retrato solo está pa el que se acuerda
| Your portrait is only for those who remember
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| Y en el óleo de mi cielo en madrugada
| And in the oil of my sky at dawn
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| Pinto estrellas con la luz de tu recuerdo
| I paint stars with the light of your memory
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| Y el insomnio de esta luna enamorada
| And the insomnia of this moon in love
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| Y este sol que está borracho de esperarte
| And this sun that is drunk from waiting for you
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| Tu retrato es el canvas de un suspiro
| Your portrait is the canvas of a breath
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| Con el marco de tu olor por todas partes
| With the frame of your smell everywhere
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| Tu retrato es el velorio de una risa
| Your portrait is the wake of a laugh
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| El carmín de un rojo fucsia como herida
| The carmine of a fuchsia red as a wound
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| Tu retrato es un Van Gogh hecho deprisa
| Your portrait is a Van Gogh done in a hurry
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| Y una línea de Miró que anda perdida
| And a line from Miró that is lost
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| Tu retrato no es un cuadro que se ahorca
| Your portrait is not a painting that hangs
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| Ni una triste necedad para tenerte
| Not a sad foolishness to have you
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| Es lo poco que me queda y que me exhorta
| It is the little that I have left and that exhorts me
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| Al usar estas pupilas para verte
| By using these pupils to see you
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| Y en el óleo de mi cielo en madrugada
| And in the oil of my sky at dawn
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| Pinto estrellas con la luz de tu recuerdo
| I paint stars with the light of your memory
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| Y el insomnio de esta luna enamorada
| And the insomnia of this moon in love
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| Y este sol que está borracho de esperarte
| And this sun that is drunk from waiting for you
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| Tu retrato, tu retrato
| Your portrait, your portrait
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| Tu retrato es mi retrato hecho pedazos
| Your portrait is my portrait in pieces
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| Porque nunca he sido el mismo con tu ausencia
| Because I have never been the same with your absence
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| Es armar un crucigrama con retazos
| It is putting together a crossword with scraps
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| Aunque la nostalgia pierda la paciencia
| Although nostalgia loses patience
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| Y en el óleo de mi cielo en madrugada
| And in the oil of my sky at dawn
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| Pinto estrellas con la luz de tu recuerdo
| I paint stars with the light of your memory
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| Y el insomnio de esta luna enamorada
| And the insomnia of this moon in love
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| Y este sol que está borracho de esperarte
| And this sun that is drunk from waiting for you
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| Yo no sé cuando empezó lo terminado
| I do not know when the finished thing began
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| O es mi pago de arancel con la nostalgia
| Or is it my duty payment with nostalgia
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| Tu retrato | your portrait |