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This Cowardice

Valentín Elizalde

Esta Cobardia

No se da ni cuenta que cuando la miro
Por no delatarme me guardo un suspiro
Que mi amor callado se enciende con verla
Que diera la vida para poseerla

No se da ni cuenta que brillan mis ojos
Que tiemblo a su lado y hasta me sonrojo
Que ella es el motivo que a mi amor despierta
Que ella es mi delirio y no se da cuenta

Esta cobardia de mi amor por ella
Hace que le vea igual que a una estrella
Tan lejos, tan lejos en la inmensidad
Que no espero nunca poderla alcanzar
(Se repite)

¡Ay! ¡Ay! ¡Cómo sufro! ¡Ahi le va mi niña!

No se da ni cuenta que le he conseguido
Los calidos besos que no me ha pedido
Que en mis noches tristes desiertas de sueño
En loco deseo me siento su dueño

No se da ni cuenta que ya la he gozado
Que ha sido mia sin haberla amado
Que es su alma fria la que me atormenta
Que ve que me muero y no se da cuenta

Esta cobardia de mi amor por ella
Hace que le vea igual que a una estrella
Tan lejos, tan lejos en la inmensidad
Que no espero nunca poderla alcanzar
(Se repite)

This Cowardice

She doesn't even realize when I look at her
To not give myself away, I hold back a sigh
That my silent love ignites when I see her
That I would give my life to possess her

She doesn't even realize that my eyes shine
That I tremble by her side and even blush
That she is the reason that awakens my love
That she is my delirium and she doesn't realize

This cowardice of my love for her
Makes me see her like a star
So far, so far in the vastness
That I never expect to reach her
(Repeated)

Oh! Oh! How I suffer! There goes my girl!

She doesn't even realize that I have obtained her
The warm kisses she hasn't asked for
That in my sad, dreamless nights
In a crazy desire, I feel like her owner

She doesn't even realize that I have already enjoyed her
That she has been mine without being loved
That it's her cold soul that torments me
That she sees me dying and doesn't realize

This cowardice of my love for her
Makes me see her like a star
So far, so far in the vastness
That I never expect to reach her
(Repeated)

Escrita por: Francisco Lopez Cepero / Francisco Mart