Te Quiero Igual [English translation]

I love you but you took the flower

and left me the vase.

I love you, you left me the ash

and took away the ashtray.

I love you but you took away March

and handed over February.

First of all I love you all the same.

I love you, you took away the head 

and left me the hat.

I love you but you forgot April

in the wardrobe but all the same

I love you, I don't like waiting 

but all the same I'm waiting for you.

First of all I love you all the same

I love you, you left me the vase

and you took away the flower.

But all the same,

I love you. You left me the dress

and took away the love.

I love you but you forgot April

in the wardrobe.

First of all I love you all the same.

I don't know if I'm awake 

or if I have my eyes open.

I love you, I don't know if I'm awake 

or if I have my eyes open.

I know that I love you and more airports await me.

I love you, you took away the candle1

and left me the funeral2

First of all I love you all the same.

I love you but you took away the flower

and left me the vase.

I love you, you left me the ash

and you took away the ashtray.

I love you but you took away March

and handed over February.

First of all I love you all the same.

1. alt. 'Wake' i.e. keeping vigil over a corpse the night before the burial2. perhaps a play on the Spanish idiom "¿Quién te ha dado vela en este entierro?" (lit. "Who gave you a candle in this funeral?" thanks to mario.rodriguezgonzalez.9 for providing this info

• Artist:Andrés Calamaro
• Album:Honestidad Brutal