Yo Era Feliz

I Was Happy

Yo Era Feliz

I was happy,Yo era feliz,
I had a white cat that kissed my nose,tenía un gato blanco que besaba mi nariz,
a tin dream, a bed, and a game of Parcheesi,un sueño de hojalata, una cama y un parchís,
a toothbrush, a mirror, and in Aprilun cepillo de dientes, un espejo y en abril
I’d see the girls strolling in the gardenveía a las muchachas paseando en el jardín
and the flowers bloomed and died for me.y las flores nacían y morían por mí.

I was happy,Yo era feliz,
selling those books, renting a future,vendiendo aquellos libros, alquilaba un porvenir,
I had misery all parcelled out, I was happy.tenía parcelada la miseria, era feliz.
The insurance covered the burial so I could dieEl seguro pagaba el entierro para poder morir
and the world was another world I made upy el mundo era otro mundo inventado por mí
and nothing mattered, at any cost to be happy.y no importaba nada, a cualquier precio ser feliz.

Like a puppetComo una marioneta
that fate had trappedque el destino cercó
like any kite,como a cualquier cometa,
any wind pushed mecualquier viento me empujó
to get here,para llegar aquí,
on a cloud I roseen una nube subí
and nothing mattered,y no importaba nada,
just to keep goingsolamente seguir
"give up" was a wordrendirse una palabra
"surrender," to die.entregarse, morir.