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Something about this song

Urgh. So in love with this song currently.

Yo no sé por qué extrañaI                       
razón te encontré,                                   
Carillón de Santiago
que está en la Merced,
con tu voz inmutable,
la voz de mi andar,
de viajero incurable
que quiere olvidar.

Milagro peregrino
que un llanto combinó.
Tu canto, como yo,
se cansa de vivir
y rueda sin saber
dónde morir...

Penetraste el secreto
de mi corazón,
porque oyendo tu son
la nombré sin querer.
Y es así como hoy sabes
quién era y quién fue,
¡la que busco llorando
y... que no encontraré!

Mi vieja confidencia
te dejo, Carillón.
Se queda en un tañir,
y al volver a partir
me llevo tu emoción
como un adiós.

I don't know for what strange
reason I found you,
Santiago's Carillon
that is in Merced,
with your immutable voice,
the voice of my walk,
of the incurable traveler
who wants to forget.

Pilgrim miracle
who composed a cry.
Your singing, like me,
tires of living
and rolls on, not knowing
where to die...

You penetrated the secret
of my heart,
for hearing your sound
I unwittingly named her.
And that is how you now know
who she was and had been,
the one I search crying
and... who I will not find!

My old confidence,
I leave you, Carillon.
It continues tolling,
and departing once more
I take your emotion
like a goodbye.

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