Ese Que Me Dio Vida

With your half-smile
How many 'I love yous' have you kept to yourself
How many childish things
Do you still keep in your pockets?

With your eternal cigarette
With your dark circles and your neglect
The most beautiful of dances
Is your limp as you walk

I imagine you gained weight
So that your soul would fit
I imagine your gray hairs
Are memories in their silver anniversary

With my half-smile
How many 'I love yous' have I kept to myself
You gave me my first shine
Or you took me out of a pocket

Fragile as a piece of lint
Like an innocent excuse
In a wrinkle of your coat
I felt protected

You are not just the one who signs
In the family book
Nor are you the silence on the couch
Watching a game in slippers

You are much more
You are the friend who gave me life
And you are the friend who gave me life

That's why I don't want to leave you aside
That's why I can't stay silent
Today, now that I've finally realized
That you added me to your subtraction

And let me, for this night
Be the hands that tuck you in
And let me give you
A new coat, in good condition

And let me shout: How proud I am of you!
And that you are the friend who gave me life
And that you are the friend who gave me life
The one who is my friend, gave me life