| Me empeño en buscarle mil excusas
| I insist on looking for a thousand excuses
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| Al desencuentro en los dos.
| To the disagreement in the two.
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| Y me empeño en tildarme
| And I insist on branding myself
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| De culpable y desaparecerme.
| Of guilty and disappear.
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| Me he empeñado en vestirme
| I have insisted on getting dressed
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| De perdedor para perderte.
| From loser to lose you.
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| Y si te pierdo voy y empeño
| And if I lose you, I go and insist
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| La poesía que nunca te di.
| The poetry that I never gave you.
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| Ya no vale la pena
| not worth it anymore
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| Que te siga negando,
| That I keep denying you
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| Que al intento de un beso
| That at the attempt of a kiss
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| Han temblado mis piernas,
| My legs have trembled
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| Y que el amor va llegando.
| And that love is coming.
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| Ya no vale la pena
| not worth it anymore
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| Que te siga diciendo
| keep telling you
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| Vete a buscar el amor
| go find love
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| A otro amor que no te merezco.
| To another love that I do not deserve.
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| Me he empeñado
| I have engaged
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| En tapar mi respiración,
| in covering my breath,
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| Cerrar los ojos, para no ver
| Close your eyes, so as not to see
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| Que estás a punto de besarme,
| that you are about to kiss me,
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| Como a traición.
| Like treason.
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| Ya no vale la pena
| not worth it anymore
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| Que te siga negando,
| That I keep denying you
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| Que al intento de un beso
| That at the attempt of a kiss
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| Han temblado mis piernas,
| My legs have trembled
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| Y que el amor va llegando.
| And that love is coming.
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| Ya no vale la pena
| not worth it anymore
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| Que te siga diciendo
| keep telling you
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| Vete a buscar el amor
| go find love
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| A otro amor que no te merezco,
| To another love that I don't deserve,
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| No te merezco… | I do not deserve you… |