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Hasta Siempre, Mi Amor (Until Forever, My Love)

Hasta siempre, amor,
pasarás de otro brazo
y dolerá el fracaso
igual que hoy.

Farewell, love,
you’ll move to another arm
and the failure will hurt
same as today.

Hasta siempre, amor,
corazón como el mío,
que compartió tu hastío,
no encontrarás.Y entre la gente buscarás
la mano amiga que te di
y sólo así comprenderás
que por quererte te perdí.
Farewell, love,
heart like mine,
which shared your distaste,
you won’t find.And among people you’ll seek
the friendly hand I gave you
and only then you’ll understand
that for loving you I lost you


Hasta siempre, amor,
Hoy me sangra el recuerdo
como una espina nueva
del corazón.
Hasta siempre, amor,
cuando sueñes conmigo
en las noches de frío
ya no estaré.
Farewell, love,
Today the recall bleeds
as a new spine
of the heart.
Farewell, love,
when you dream about me
on cold nights
I will not longer be there.


Y no me llames, si me ves
a mi también con otro amor,
porque es inútil esperar
si la esperanza ya murió.
And don’t call me, if you see me
with another love too,
because it is useless to expect
if hope already died.

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