| I try
| Lo intento
|
| To remember your room
| Para recordar tu habitación
|
| There were three doors
| había tres puertas
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| Leading to bathroom, closet, living-room
| Que conduce al baño, armario, sala de estar.
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| And there were two windows
| Y había dos ventanas
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| With their blinds always drawn
| Con sus persianas siempre corridas
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| To keep out other people’s eyes
| Para mantener fuera los ojos de otras personas
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| And the harsh summer sunlight
| Y la dura luz del sol de verano
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| As you sat on your downy white bed
| Mientras te sentabas en tu suave cama blanca
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| I try
| Lo intento
|
| To remember your room
| Para recordar tu habitación
|
| Cinderblock bookshelves laden with
| Estanterías de bloques de cemento cargadas de
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| Pretty picturebooks to look at
| Bonitos álbumes ilustrados para mirar
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| As I sat on your downy white bed
| Mientras me sentaba en tu suave cama blanca
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| Learning about people, times and places
| Aprender sobre personas, tiempos y lugares.
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| I’d probably never know
| probablemente nunca lo sabría
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| I try
| Lo intento
|
| To remember your room
| Para recordar tu habitación
|
| Three big drawings on thick white paper
| Tres grandes dibujos sobre papel blanco grueso
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| That would billow with the summer breeze
| Que ondearía con la brisa de verano
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| Over our heads
| sobre nuestras cabezas
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| As we sat
| Mientras nos sentamos
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| On your downy white bed
| En tu cama blanca y suave
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| Looking at children’s drawings, convict watercolors
| Mirando dibujos de niños, acuarelas de convictos
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| And eventually
| y eventualmente
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| The three paintings that I made thee
| Los tres cuadros que te hice
|
| I try
| Lo intento
|
| To remember your room | Para recordar tu habitación |