[Más]1 cerca de mí te siento
Cuanto más huyo de tí,
Pues tu imágen es en mí
Sombra de mi pensamiento.
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Confirmed with Obras Escogidas de D. Ramon de Campoamor (de la Academia Española). Tomo I. Ternezas y Flores. -- Sonetos. -- Fábulas. -- Cantares. -- Doloras, Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1885, page 144.
Note: modern spelling would require changing "cuanto" to "cuando"
1 Turina: "¡Ay! Más"
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I feel closer to you
The more I run from you,
For your image haunts
The very shadow of my thoughts.