| Have mercy on their children for they play with idle hands
| Ten piedad de sus hijos porque juegan con las manos ociosas
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| Their laughter is their folly and their statues never stand
| Su risa es su locura y sus estatuas nunca se mantienen
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| The values of a man can never change
| Los valores de un hombre nunca pueden cambiar
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| He yields them when he speaks his lover’s name
| Los cede cuando pronuncia el nombre de su amante
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| We took them from above
| Los tomamos desde arriba
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| As bird with broken back
| Como pájaro con la espalda rota
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| His scene was in the wind
| Su escena estaba en el viento
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| His eggs had never hatched
| Sus huevos nunca habían eclosionado.
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| How strange that she should know him
| Que raro que ella lo conozca
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| If only by a name
| Si solo por un nombre
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| His scent was so peculiar
| Su olor era tan peculiar
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| So fragile was his frame
| Tan frágil era su marco
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| He charmed them with the malice of a child
| Los hechizó con la malicia de un niño
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| Whose dignity had since been running wild
| Cuya dignidad desde entonces había estado corriendo salvaje
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| He is the sunlight over you when crops are screaming rain
| Él es la luz del sol sobre ti cuando los cultivos gritan lluvia
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| He is the willing servant of those in need of pain
| Él es el servidor voluntario de aquellos que necesitan dolor
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| A witness to the eyesight of the blind
| Testigo de la vista de los ciegos
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| He is a burning question in the mind
| Es una pregunta candente en la mente
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| A whisper to a scream
| Un susurro a un grito
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| As prelude to a dream
| Como preludio de un sueño
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| Remembrance to the lost
| Recuerdo a los perdidos
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| He’s come to melt the frost
| Ha venido a derretir la escarcha
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| With hatred in his eyes
| Con odio en sus ojos
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| And a love that never dies
| Y un amor que nunca muere
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| His beauty never fades
| Su belleza nunca se desvanece
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| Without it he decays
| Sin ella se descompone
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| So pray the end comes quickly boy and sturdy up that spine
| Así que reza para que el final llegue rápido, muchacho, y fortalece esa columna vertebral
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| Just know that he has reached you with every glass of wine
| Solo sé que te ha alcanzado con cada copa de vino.
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| He sullies you with reason and he tempts you with his glance
| Te ensucia de razon y te tienta con su mirada
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| And kisses you with crimson just to lead you by the hand
| Y te besa con carmesí solo para llevarte de la mano
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| Just know that he is at your door tonight
| Solo sé que él está en tu puerta esta noche
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| Just know that he is at your heels tonight | Solo sé que él está en tus talones esta noche |