Esta cobardía [English translation]

She doesn’t even notice that when I look at her

I avoid sighing, so that she doesn’t know

that my silent love sets on fire at her sight,

that I would give everything to possess her.

She doesn’t even notice that my eyes shine,

that I tremble and even blush when I see her,

that she is the reason for awakening of my love,

that she is my madness and doesn’t notice it.

This timidity of my love for her

makes me look at her as if she were a star,

so far away in the vastness, so far away,

that I don't expect to be able to reach her. (2x)

She doesn’t even notice that I gave her

hot kisses that she hasn’t asked me for,

that during my sad sleepless nights

in my mad desire I feel that she’s mine.

She doesn’t even notice that I was enjoying her,

‘cause she was mine, though I didn’t make love to her,

that it’s her cold heart that torments me,

‘cause she watches me dying and doesn’t notice it.

This timidity of my love for her

makes me look at her as if she were a star,

so far away in the vastness, so far away,

that I don't expect to be able to reach her. (2x)