| Original | Traduzione spagnola di Ernesto Hernández Busto da Penúltimos Días |
| LEONARD COHEN: LOVERS | AMANTES |
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| During the first pogrom they | Durante el primer pogrom |
| Met behind the ruins of their homes– | se encontraron tras sus casas derruidas — |
| Sweet merchants trading: her love | dulces mercaderes comerciando: el amor de ella |
| For a history-full of poems. | a cambio de unos poemas llenos de historia. |
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| And at the hot ovens they | Y ante los hornos ardientes |
| Cunningly managed a brief | se las ingeniaron para un breve |
| Kiss before the soldier came | beso antes de que llegara el soldado |
| To knock out her golden teeth. | a arrancarle a golpes sus dientes de oro. |
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| And in the furnace itself | Y ya dentro del horno |
| As the flames flamed higher, | cuando se alzaban las llamas |
| He tried to kiss her burning breasts | él trató de besar sus pechos ardientes |
| As she burned in the fire. | mientras toda ella ardía. |
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| Later he often wondered: | Después, a menudo él se preguntaba |
| Was their barter completed? | si había sido un buen trueque |
| While men around him plundered | mientras a su alrededor los hombres saqueaban. |
| And knew he had been cheated. | Y supo que lo habían engañado. |
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