Erial/ Wasteland - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Mi vida es un erial,
flor que toco se deshoja;

que en mi camino fatal

alguien va sembrando el mal

para que yo lo recoja.

 

My life is a wasteland -

it withers, every flower I touch

For in my fatal journey

someone's seeding harm

for me to crop

True Love Tales II

I love you all - she said
With a sad smile on her face
I love you all - and then she left
Leaving us all in an empty space
Why didn't we hold her?
Why couldn't we keep her?
Why didn't I leave instead
Before my eyes were for ever dead?
I should have known better
But I buried my emotions
And calmed down my imaginary friends
Return to normality - I claimed
Is my ticket to better days...
Why didn't I leave instead
Before my heart was forever dead?
You've never had the courage - she said
That last time together in bed -
Will you get it in just one day?
but I didn't fight,
I just fell asleep and dreamed of her face
And I dreamed of that sad smile
And I dreamed that she left
And I dreamed that I died
And woke up covered in sweat
But I still didn't fight, you see?
And that was my sin and still is my mistake
Oh! She was so sincere and I was so a fake!
Why didn't I leave instead?
Why didn't I leave my friends?...
My eyes, I don't need them anymore
Nor do I need my heart to keep me warm
For I still hold her in my memories
And I see from blindness clearer than before
Foolish things betray the fool...
Little steps I needed to take
But everyone beyond my sight
This or that little advice
I didn't hear - I was so deaf...
One by one I killed my friends
And readied myself for the fight
But now I realized it was too late
To win her over again
So she keeps saying she loves us all
In my head
But we are no more, I'm the only one
That's left
And that sad smile is now forever carved
In my face