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I can guess the flickerYo adivino el parpadeo
of the lights in the distance,de las luces que a lo lejos,
marking my return.van marcando mi retorno.
They are the same that illuminated,Son las mismas que alumbraron,
with their pale reflections,con sus pálidos reflejos,
deepest hours of pain.hondas horas de dolor.
And even though I didn't want to come back,Y aunque no quise el regreso,
you always return to your first love.siempre se vuelve al primer amor.
The quiet street where the echo said:La quieta calle donde el eco dijo:
"Her life is yours, her love is yours","Tuya es su vida, tuyo es su querer",
under the mocking gaze of the starsbajo el burlón mirar de las estrellas
who today see me return with indifference.que con indiferencia hoy me ven volver.

Return,Volver,
with a wrinkled brow,con la frente marchita,
the snows of timelas nieves del tiempo
have silvered my temples.platearon mi sien.
To feel, that life is but a breath,Sentir, que es un soplo la vida,
that twenty years is nothing,que veinte años no es nada,
that feverish gazeque febril la mirada
wandering in the shadowserrante en las sombras
seeks you and names you.te busca y te nombra.
To live,Vivir,
with the soul clingingcon el alma aferrada
to a sweet memory,a un dulce recuerdo,
that I cry for once again.que lloro otra vez.

I am afraid of the encounterTengo miedo del encuentro
with the past that returnscon el pasado que vuelve
to confront my life.a enfrentarse con mi vida.
I am afraid of the nightsTengo miedo de las noches
that, filled with memories,que, pobladas de recuerdos,
chain my dreaming.encadenan mi soñar.
But the traveler who flees,Pero el viajero que huye,
sooner or later stops his journey.tarde o temprano detiene su andar.
And even though forgetfulness that destroys everything,Y aunque el olvido que todo destruye,
has killed my old illusion,haya matado mi vieja ilusión,
it keeps hidden a humble hope,guarda escondida una esperanza humilde,
which is all the fortune of my heart.que es toda la fortuna de mi corazón.