Medalla de Plata [English translation]

So close to losing you, so far from forgetting you

Doing my part to keep you

You've already decided and I'm desperate

You cut me out of your life and I want you at my side

This little game already has me hopeless

It's obvious that I'm feeling more than cornered

It's no use since I'm just wasting my breath

Better start seeing what the hell I do now

Don't kiss my cheek as a consolation prize

Don't hang a medal on my neck, least of all if it's silver

Ok, we could negotiate a second option

But no pity or sympathy, because that just kills me

Put your cards on the table

Perhaps the deal will interest me

And this knot won't come undone

And if you really find yourself determined

If what I think seems to you irrelevant

There are no disappointments that last a lifetime

Naturally, nor anyone who could endure them1

Don't kiss my cheek as a consolation prize

Don't hang a medal on my neck, least of all if it's silver

Ok, we could negotiate a second option

But don't have sympathy for me

Because that just kills me

Put your cards on the table

Perhaps the deal will interest me

And this knot won't come undone

1. A variation on a saying in Spanish, "No hay mal que dure 100 años, ni cuerpo que lo aguante." (There's no evil that lasts 100 years, nor anybody who could endure it.) It's supposed to inspire stoicism in the face of hardship, similar to the saying "This too shall pass" in English.

• Artist:Alfredo Olivas