| S que deliras por los libros
| I know you rave about books
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| de escritores importantes,
| of important writers,
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| y que mueres por la poesa
| and that you die for poetry
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| de Machado y de Cervantez.
| of Machado and Cervantez.
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| S que olvidaste sin querer
| I know you inadvertently forgot
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| un papelito bien doblado
| a neatly folded piece of paper
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| que escrib pensando en ti la otra noche, desvelado.
| that I wrote thinking of you the other night, awake.
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| Mi querida madrugada,
| my dear morning,
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| permteme que te cante
| let me sing to you
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| mi poema en voz callada
| my poem in a quiet voice
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| que no quiero que despierte…
| I don't want him to wake up...
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| Que se despierte…
| Wake up...
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| : Estribillo:
| : Chorus:
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| Porque t no te pareces a mi,
| Because you don't look like me
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| nuestro amor es blanco y negro.
| our love is black and white
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| Querindonos, pero odindonos.
| Loving us, but hating us.
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| Confiando y desconfiando,
| Trusting and distrusting,
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| gritando y callando.
| screaming and hushing.
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| Porque t no te pareces a mi,
| Because you don't look like me
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| pero seguimos tratando.
| but we keep trying.
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| Lastimndonos, curndonos,
| Hurting us, healing us,
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| terminando y comenzando.
| ending and beginning.
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| S lo que piensas de la vida,
| Just what you think about life,
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| debe ser ms seria que la mia
| must be more serious than mine
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| y te molesta mi guitarra
| and my guitar bothers you
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| junto al borde de tu silla.
| next to the edge of your chair.
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| Mi querida madrugada,
| my dear morning,
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| permteme que te cante
| let me sing to you
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| mi cancin desesperada
| my desperate song
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| que no quiero que despierte…
| I don't want him to wake up...
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| Que se despierte…
| Wake up...
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| : Etribillo:
| : Refrain:
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| Porque t no te pareces a mi,
| Because you don't look like me
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| nuestro amor es blanco y negro.
| our love is black and white
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| Querindonos, pero odindonos.
| Loving us, but hating us.
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| Confiando y desconfiando,
| Trusting and distrusting,
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| gritando y callando.
| screaming and hushing.
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| Porque t no te pareces a mi,
| Because you don't look like me
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| pero seguimos tratando.
| but we keep trying.
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| Lastimndonos, curndonos,
| Hurting us, healing us,
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| terminando y comenzando.
| ending and beginning.
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| Porque t no te pareces a mi,
| Because you don't look like me
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| pero seguimos tratando.
| but we keep trying.
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| Lastimndonos, curndonos,
| Hurting us, healing us,
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| terminando y comenzando.
| ending and beginning.
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| No te pareces a mi… | You don't look like me... |