Me Gustas Cuando Callas

I like you when you're quiet because you're as if absent
and you hear me from far away and my voice doesn't touch you
it seems as though your eyes had flown away
and it seems that a kiss closed your mouth

As all things are filled with my soul
you emerge from the things filled with my soul
butterfly of dreams, you are like my soul
and you are like the word melancholy

I like you when you're quiet and you're as if distant
and you're as if complaining, butterfly in lullaby
and you hear me from far away and my voice doesn't reach you
let me be silent in your silence

Let me also speak to you with your silence
clear as a lamp, simple as a ring
you are like the night, quiet and starry
your silence is of a star, so far away and simple

I like you when you're quiet because you're as if absent
distant and painful as if you had died
a word then, a smile is enough
and I'm happy, happy that it's not true