| Hasta cuando nos marchamos lejos
| Even when we walk away
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| por cobardia o por despecho,
| out of cowardice or out of spite,
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| por un amor inconsolable,
| for an inconsolable love,
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| cuando en casa el tiempo pasa sin vivirle
| when at home time passes without living it
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| y lloras porque no sabes por qué
| and you cry because you don't know why
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| una fuerza enorme esta en nosotros mismos,
| an enormous force is in ourselves,
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| la sencillez de lo sencillo
| the simplicity of the simple
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| donde las luchas son inutiles,
| where the fights are useless,
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| es mas fuerte que una muerte incomprensible,
| is stronger than an incomprehensible death,
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| es vencer esa nostalgia que nos se va de ti.
| It is to overcome that nostalgia that leaves you.
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| Tienes que poner los dedos en tu herida
| You have to put your fingers in your wound
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| y entonces sentirás la fuerza de la vida,
| and then you will feel the force of life,
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| que te conducirá, lo sé,
| that will lead you, I know,
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| amor ya lo veras,
| love you'll see,
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| a la salida que hoy no ves.
| to the exit that you don't see today.
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| Cuando te recomen los silencios
| When silences recommend you
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| y el corazón les pone precio
| and the heart puts a price on them
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| con un rumor insoportable
| with an unbearable noise
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| cuando te hundes y no puedes levantarte,
| when you sink and you can't get up,
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| y hasta cuando la esperanza
| and even when the hope
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| piensas que se perderá.
| you think it will be lost.
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| Es la voluntad que a todo desafia,
| It is the will that defies everything,
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| es nuestra dignidad, la fuerza de la vida
| it is our dignity, the force of life
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| que no preguntará que es la eternidad,
| that will not ask what eternity is,
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| aunque sepa que la ofenden,
| even though she knows they offend her,
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| o que la venden sin piedad.
| or that they sell it mercilessly.
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| Tienes que tocar el fondo de tu herida
| You have to touch the bottom of your wound
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| y reconoceras la fuerza de la vida,
| and you will recognize the force of life,
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| que te conducirá, lo sé,
| that will lead you, I know,
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| no te dejará marchar,
| won't let you go
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| no te dejará, ten fe.
| will not leave you, have faith.
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| Hasta dentro de la carcel
| Even inside the jail
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| de esta enorme hipocresia,
| of this enormous hypocrisy,
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| y en los frios hospitales
| and in the cold hospitals
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| de ese mal de nuestros días,
| of that evil of our days,
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| una fuerza te vigila,
| a force watches over you,
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| tu la reconocerás,
| you will recognize her,
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| es la fuerza testaruda que hay en ti,
| It's the stubborn force in you
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| que sueña y son se va de ti.
| who dreams and is gone from you.
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| Coro: Es la voluntad
| Chorus: It's the will
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| más fragil e infinita,
| more fragile and infinite,
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| es nuestra dignidad
| it is our dignity
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| la fuerza de la vida.
| The force of life.
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| Es nuestro amor, la fuerza de la vida,
| It is our love, the force of life,
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| que no preguntará,
| that won't ask,
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| que es la eternidad,
| what is eternity,
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| porque siempre por nosotros luchará,
| because he will always fight for us,
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| y no nos dejará.
| and will not leave us.
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| Coro: Tienes que tocar
| Chorus: You have to play
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| la llaga de tu herida,
| the sore of your wound,
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| y reconocerás
| and you will recognize
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| la fuerza de la vida.
| The force of life.
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| La fuerza dentro de ti,
| The strength within you
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| la tienes que presentir
| you have to present it
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| y allí estará,
| and there it will be,
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| la fuerza de la vida,
| The force of life,
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| que te conducirá, lo sé,
| that will lead you, I know,
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| que susurra convencida
| that whispers convinced
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| lo importante que la vida es. | how important life is. |