Por morrer uma andorinha [later version] [English translation]

Should you no longer be mine... my pain

I would not stop being who I am ... and all is new

with the death of a swallow ... without love

Spring doesn't come to an end ... they say

As you can see, I haven't changed ... thankfully

Nor am I even unhappy ... or defeated

I maintain the same bearing ... from the past

And keep that same past ... well in mind

I was already accustomed ... to this fate

That you were not sincere ... in your love

So I do not live in hope ... for a hint

Of an illusion I did not have ... nor renew

Should you no longer be mine ... my pain

I would not stop being who I am ... and all is new

I live life as before ... singing

I have neither more nor less ... than I had

The days pass the same ... never to return

To the days of distant memory ... in my being

Hours minutes seconds ... of this life

Follow an austere order ... with rigour

Nobody clings to the chimaera ... without value

That destiny directs... and is not new

With the death of a swallow ... without love

Spring doesn't come to an end ... they say.