| Recuerdo el rostro de mi padre
| I remember my father's face
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| como un hueco en la muralla,
| like a hole in the wall,
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| sábanas manchadas de barro,
| mud-stained sheets,
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| piso de tierra.
| ground floor.
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| Mi madre día y noche trabajando,
| My mother working day and night,
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| llantos y gritos.
| crying and screaming.
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| Jugando al ángel y al diablo
| Playing angel and devil
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| jugando al hijo que no va a nacer,
| playing the son that will not be born,
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| las velas siempre encendidas
| candles always lit
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| hay que refugiarse en algo.
| you have to take refuge in something.
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| De dónde sale el dinero
| where does the money come from
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| para pagar la fe.
| to pay faith.
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| No recuerdo que desde el cielo
| I do not remember that from the sky
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| haya bajado una cosecha gloriosa
| a glorious harvest has come down
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| ni que mi madre hubiera tenido
| nor that my mother had
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| un poco de paz,
| a little bit of peace,
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| ni que mi padre hubiera dejado
| nor that my father had left
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| de beber.
| for drink.
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| Al pobre tanto lo asustan
| The poor thing is so scared
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| para que trague todos sus dolores
| to swallow all your pain
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| para que su miseria la cubra de imágenes.
| so that his misery covers her with images.
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| La luna siempre es muy linda
| The moon is always very pretty
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| y el sol muere cada tarde.
| and the sun dies every afternoon.
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| Por eso quiero gritar:
| That's why I want to shout:
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| No creo en nada
| I do not believe in anything
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| sino en el calor de tu mano
| but in the warmth of your hand
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| con mi mano,
| with my hand,
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| por eso quiero gritar:
| That's why I want to shout:
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| No creo en nada
| I do not believe in anything
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| sino en el amor
| but in love
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| de los seres humanos.
| of human beings.
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| Quién puede callar el latido
| Who can silence the beat
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| de un corazón palpitando
| of a beating heart
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| o el grito de una mujer
| or the cry of a woman
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| dando un hijo. | giving a son. |