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I can guess the flickerYo adivino el parpadeo
Of the lights in the distanceDe las luces que a lo lejos
Marking my return...Van marcando mi retorno...
They are the same that illuminatedSon las mismas que alumbraron
With their pale reflectionsCon sus pálidos reflejos
Deep 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 old street where the echo saidLa vieja calle donde el eco dijo
Yours is its life, yours is its desire,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... with a withered forehead,Volver... con la frente marchita,
The snows of time have silvered my temples...Las nieves del tiempo platearon mi sien...
To feel... that life is a breath,Sentir... que es un soplo la vida,
That twenty years is nothing,Que veinte años no es nada,
That the feverish gaze, wandering in the shadows,Que febril la mirada, errante en las sombras,
Seeks you and names you.Te busca y te nombra.
To live... with the soul clingingVivir... con el alma aferrada
To a sweet memoryA un dulce recuerdo
That I cry for 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
Filled with memoriesQue pobladas de recuerdos
That chain my dreaming...Encadenan mi soñar...

But the traveler who fleesPero el viajero que huye
Sooner or later stops his journey...Tarde o temprano detiene su andar...
And even though forgetfulness, which destroys everything,Y aunque el olvido, que todo destruye,
Has killed my old illusion,Haya matado mi vieja ilusión,
I keep hidden a humble hopeGuardo escondida una esperanza humilde
That is all the fortune of my heartQue es toda la fortuna de mi corazón