La culpa es de uno [English translation]

Perhaps it was a massacre of hopes

a collapse that was somehow foreseen

ah but my sadness had only one way

all my intuitions were peeking

to see me suffer

and by the way they did

up to here I had made and remade

my paths by your side

up to here I had been betting

to invent the truth

but you found the way

a tender way

and also merciless

to evict my love

with just one forecast you took it out

from the suburbs of your possible life

you wrapped it in nostalgias

you carried it for blocks and blocks

and so slowly

that not even the night air could notice

you just left it there

alone with its luck

which isn't much

I think you are right

it's one's own fault when can't win someone's heart

and it's not excuses'

nor time's

it had been a long long time

since I confronted myself

on the mirror like last night

and it was as merciless as you

but it was not tender

now I am alone

frankly

alone

it's always a little bit hard

to start to feel miserable

before going back

to my gloomy winter quarters

with my eyes very dried

just in case

I watch you going deep into the mist

and I start to remember you.

• Artist:Mario Benedetti