Amiga [English translation]

Now that I seek your presence and only touch your absence, I realize...

That only sadness speaks to me now.

Now that the rain has absconded

the last shred of memory from your dress...

Now that I've forgotten who I am,

I recall what in the past I used to be...

If ever I have been what I was, it was for your body...

if ever I have been the night, it was your night that wished it so...

if ever I have been a kiss, it was because my lips learned to become a kiss to you...

If ever I have been what I was, it was in your refuge...

if ever I have been life it was only to sustain your life...

Dear friend, dear friend... (female friend)

How tender those words sound today ...

Time never passed between us,

In each other’s presence we felt infinite.

And the universe, a speck

compared to what you and I became.

If you were what you became, it was in my presence

which became your palace and your lair.

Dear friend, dear friend...

How tender those words

and how simple they sound today ...

There hasn’t been a darker night than tonight

As the cold creeps into the corners of the soul

And now that silence is erasing

The tender vibrations of your words

Now that I'm becoming close to nothing

I remember what I became when you left

If ever I have been what I was, it was for your body...

if ever I have been the night, it was your night that wished it so...

if ever I have been a kiss, it was because my lips learned to become a kiss to you...

If ever I have been what I am, it was in your refuge...

if ever I have been life it was only to sustain your life...

Dear friend, dear friend...

How gentle those words sound today ...

Time never passed between us,

In each other’s presence we felt infinite.

And the universe, a speck

compared to what you and I became.

If you were what you became, it was in my presence

which became your palace and your lair.

Dear friend, dear friend...

How tender those words

and how simple they sound today ...

• Artist:Miguel Bosé
• Album:Linda (1977)