No pretendo [English translation]

I don't pretend to be the drop that your silence sheds,

nor do I pretend to be the note that breaks out in your lament.

I don’t pretend to be the footprint that is left in your path,

nor do I pretend to be the one whose path you are fated to cross

I just want to be revealed behind the light of your smile,

to be the balm that relieves the sorrows in your life.

I just want to be the calm that slips out in your sleeplessness,

to be the dream in which rests the reason for your longings.

It is simply love when it has broken its chains.

To give you my heart, I don’t pretend to be your owner.

I don’t pretend to be the flame where you arouse your passions,

nor do I pretend to be the sword that pierces your errors.

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I don’t pretend to be the air that you breathe at night,

nor do I pretend to be the flesh that flows from your extravagance [?].

I just want to be the hand that fills up with sorrow,

to be a little that quiet pool where disillusion dies.

I just want to be the star that is mounted in your eyes,

the caress that is given without motive and without words.

It is simply love that has come across your path.

To share my excitement with you, I won’t pretend to make you mine.

It is simply love when it has broken its chains

To give you my heart, I won’t pretend to own you.

I just want to be the hand that fills up with sorrow,

to be a little that quiet pool where disillusion dies.

I just want to be the star that is mounted in your eyes,

the caress that is given without motive and without words.

It is simply love that has come across your path.

To share my excitement with you, I won’t pretend to make you mine.

It is simply love when it has broken its chains.

To give you my heart, I won’t pretend to own you.

It is simply love.