Me quedaré soltera [English translation]

I wish I had someone close, here.

I don’t want to wear silks of a singleton,

Wooden saints: it’s not for me.

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And if I die of old age

without having a partner,

Tell me who’ll mourn a spinster.

Weeping for real at her funeral.

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I’ll stay single

although I may not want to

Who will I marry

If my body is old?

The mirror doesn’t lie

When I look into it.

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They say it’s better to be a nun

Than to be like this

Like I am, with my old dog

My parrot that cries, my one-eyed cat.

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I’m like an odd verse

without rhyme, without a pair

I’m a tormented soul counting days

I hardly have any left to count

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I’ll stay single…