| Siempre que se hace una historia
| Whenever a story is made
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| Se habla de un viejo, de un niño o de sí
| They talk about an old man, a child or themselves
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| Pero mi historia es difícil:
| But my story is difficult:
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| No voy a hablarles de un hombre común
| I'm not going to tell you about an ordinary man
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| Haré la historia de un ser de otro mundo
| I will make the story of a being from another world
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| De un animal de galaxia
| Of a galaxy animal
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| Es una historia que tiene que ver
| It is a story that has to do
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| Con el curso de la Vía Láctea
| With the course of the Milky Way
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| Es una historia enterrada
| It's a buried story
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| Es sobre un ser de la nada
| It is about a being out of nothing
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| Nació de una tormenta
| born out of a storm
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| En el sol de una noche
| In the sun of a night
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| El penúltimo mes
| the penultimate month
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| Fue de planeta en planeta
| It went from planet to planet
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| Buscando agua potable
| Looking for drinking water
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| Quizás buscando la vida
| maybe looking for life
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| O buscando la muerte
| Or looking for death
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| Eso nunca se sabe
| That is never known
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| Quizás buscando siluetas
| Perhaps looking for silhouettes
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| O algo semejante
| or something similar
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| Que fuera adorable
| that was adorable
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| O por lo menos querible
| Or at least lovable
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| Besable, amable
| kissable, kind
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| Él descubrió que las minas
| He discovered that the mines
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| Del rey Salomón
| Of King Solomon
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| Se hallaban en el cielo
| They were in heaven
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| Y no en el África ardiente
| And not in burning Africa
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| Como pensaba la gente
| how people thought
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| Pero las piedras son frías
| But the stones are cold
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| Y le interesaban calor y alegrías
| And he was interested in warmth and happiness
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| Las joyas no tenían alma
| The jewels had no soul
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| Sólo eran espejos, colores brillantes
| They were just mirrors, bright colors
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| Y al fin bajo hacia la guerra…
| And finally down to war...
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| ¡perdón! | forgiveness! |
| quise decir a la tierra
| I meant to the ground
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| Supo la historia de un golpe
| He knew the story of a blow
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| Sintió en su cabeza cristales molidos
| He felt ground crystals on his head
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| Y comprendió que la guerra
| And he understood that the war
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| Era la paz del futuro:
| It was the peace of the future:
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| Lo más terrible se aprende enseguida
| The most terrible thing is learned immediately
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| Y lo hermoso nos cuesta la vida
| And what is beautiful costs us our lives
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| La última vez lo vi irse
| The last time I saw him go
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| Entre el humo y metralla
| Between the smoke and shrapnel
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| Contento y desnudo:
| Happy and naked:
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| Iba matando canallas
| I was killing scoundrels
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| Con su cañón de futuro | With his cannon of the future |