La Última Mariposita

The Last Little Butterfly

La Última Mariposita

She confessedElla se declaró confesa
To having murdered the last little butterflyDe haber asesinado la última mariposita
That fluttered in her stomachQue en su estómago revoloteaba
And she cut the wings off loveY le cortó las alas al amor

She doesn't even know anymoreElla ya ni siquiera sabe
In how many pieces they've left her heartEn cuántos pedacitos le han dejado el corazón
She put Cupid in a drawer and threw away the keyMetió a Cupido en un cajón y le botó la llave
And so she declared a love strikeY así se declaró en huelga de amor
And they left her soul cold as iceY le dejaron el alma fría como el hielo
And her heart armored against love from so much sufferingY el corazón blindado ante el amor de tanto sufrimiento
And her ears that heard a thousand I love yousY sus oídos que escucharon mil te quiero
Were deaf from so many unfulfilled promisesQuedaron sordos de tantas promesas que no se cumplieron

She doesn't care if you bring down the moon and a couple of starsYa no le importa le bajes la Luna y un par de luceros
She doesn't believe in Neruda's poems or Romeo's phrasesNo cree en poemas de Neruda ni en frases de Romeo
If she still remembers the last time she was taken to heavenSi aún recuerda la última vez que la llevaron al cielo
And fell in a nosedive with broken wings and immense painY cayó en picada con las alas rotas y un dolor inmenso

Because behind a wounded womanY es que detrás de una mujer herida
There's always a fool she never forgetsSiempre hay un idiota al que jamás olvida
And though it sounds masochistic, that's lifeY aunque suene masoquista así es la vida
And slowly the last little butterfly is dying of painY lentamente va muriendo de dolor la última mariposita

They left her with broken wingsY le dejaron las alas rotas
She no longer believes in loveQue ya no cree en el amor
And it hurts so much that foolY duele tanto que aquel idiota
Was precisely me Oh my!Precisamente fui yo ¡Ayayayay!

They left her with broken wingsY le dejaron las alas rotas
And a wounded heartY herido el corazón
And I would give my lifeY yo daría la vida
To have her forgivenessPor tener su perdón

Oh man! Don't cry, little butterfly¡Ay ombe! No llores mariposita
Hopefully the yearsOjalá que los años
Bring back your life, my loveTe devuelvan la vida, mi amor
Oh man! And open your wings again¡Ay ombe! Y vuelve a abrir tus alas
That stone heartQue ese corazón de piedra
Doesn't suit you at all, my loveNo te luce para nada, mi amor

Oh man!¡Ay ombe!
Oh listen!¡Ay oiga!
Oh man!¡Ay ombe!
Don't cry, little butterflyNo llores mariposita

Oh man!¡Ay ombe!
Oh listen!¡Ay oiga!
Oh man!¡Ay ombe!
I love you, little butterflyTe quiero mariposita