Gracias

Tell me why your constant fantasy could get me
that I got used to your laughter
like the sea goes with its breeze
and I got used to your world like the sailor to the course
like time to seconds like the dog to the vagabond

tell me what seduced me of your admirable comfort
and I got used to your hair
like stars to their sky and I got used to your image
like the traveler to his journey like courage to valor
like luggage to a suitcase

and what is it that despairs and entangles me
a hope untangles me
that captures and dazzles me that frees me
and enlightens me

I thank you for being like this
you taught me to love you and to smile
you conquered my soul without boasting
you invented the art of not pretending
I thank you for turning
my discouragement into a desire to live
I lack words to describe
this feeling of joy and sorrow
when I think of you

Tell me how I overcame all my calvaries
and I got used to your lips
like a date to the calendar
and I got used to your magic like the sad to nostalgia
like school to childhood
like friendship and trust

and what is this that suffocates and destroys me
makes me float and builds me
that laments and makes me doubt
that pleases me and makes me trust

I thank you for being like this
you taught me to love you and to smile
you conquered my soul without boasting
you invented the art of not pretending
I thank you for turning
my discouragement into a desire to live
I lack words to describe
this feeling of joy and sorrow
when I think of you

it's that I have too much of this and that I am shining
in a thousand stars on the ceiling of a dream
I only think when I think I forget you
I only live when I forget that you're gone

I thank you
I thank you
ooooooohh
I thank you for being like this
I thank you