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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 returnVan marcando mi retorno
They are the same that illuminatedSon las mismas que alumbraron
With their pale reflectionsCon sus pálidos reflejos
Deep hours of painHondas horas de dolor

And although I didn't want to come backY aunque no quise el regreso
You always return to your first loveSiempre 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 desireTuya es su vida, tuyo es su querer
Under the mocking gaze of the starsBajo el burlón mirar de las estrellas
Who, with indifferenceQue con indiferencia
Today see me returnHoy me ven volver

To returnVolver
With a wrinkled browCon la frente marchita
The snows of timeLas nieves del tiempo
Silvered my templesPlatearon mi sien
To feelSentir
That life is a breathQue es un soplo la vida
That twenty years is nothingQue veinte años no es nada
That feverish gazeQue febril la mirada
Wandering in the shadowErrante en la sombra
Seeks you and names youTe busca y te nombra
To liveVivir
With the soul clingingCon el alma aferrada
To a sweet memoryA un dulce recuerdo
That I cry once againQue lloro otra vez

I am afraid of the encounterTengo miedo del encuentro
With the past that returnsCon el pasado que vuelve
To confront my lifeA enfrentarse con mi vida
I am afraid of the nightsTengo miedo de las noches
That, filled with memoriesQue pobladas de recuerdos
Chain my dreamingEncadenan mi soñar

But the traveler who fleesPero el viajero que huye
Sooner or later stops his journeyTarde o temprano detiene su andar
And although forgetfulness, which destroys everythingY aunque el olvido, que todo destruye
Has killed my old illusionHaya 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