Y Sin Embargo

You know well that you are the first
That I don't lie if I swear I would
Give my whole life for you
For you my whole life

And yet, every day for a while
You see
I would deceive you with anyone
I would trade you for anyone

Not so repentant, nor delighted
To have met me, I confess
You who have kissed so much
You who have taught me

You know better than I
That only the kisses you haven't given
Penetrate to the bones
The lips of sin

Because a house without you is an ambush
The hallway of a train in the early morning
A maze without light, nor red wine
A veil of tar in the gaze

And the kisses I give poison me
And yet, when I sleep without you
I dream of you
And with all if you sleep by my side
And if you leave, I go over the rooftops
Like a cat without an owner
Lost in the handkerchief of bitterness
That tarnishes without staining your beauty

I shouldn't tell it and yet
When I ask for the key to a hotel
And at midnight I order
A good French champagne

And dinner with candles for two
It's always with another, love
Never with you
You know well what I mean

Because a house without you is an office
A phone burning in the booth
A palm tree in the wax museum
An exodus of dark swallows

And the kisses I give poison me
And yet, when I sleep without you
I dream of you
And with all if you sleep by my side
And if you leave, I go over the rooftops
Like a cat without an owner
Lost in the handkerchief of bitterness
That tarnishes without staining your beauty

And when you return, there's a party in the kitchen
And dance without an orchestra and bouquets of roses with thorns
But two is not the same as one plus one
And on Monday, at the breakfast coffee
The cold war returns
And to the sky of your mouth, purgatory
And to the bedroom, the daily bread