| Que pasa compadre, porque esta tan triste
| What's up compadre, why is he so sad
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| Si usted es de los hombres que saben perder
| If you are one of the men who know how to lose
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| No llore compadre levante la cara
| Don't cry compadre raise your face
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| Y mire de frente como es su deber
| And look straight ahead as is your duty
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| Es cierto compadre que a veces las penas
| It is true compadre that sometimes the sorrows
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| Nos llegan a donde nos hacen sufrir
| They reach us where they make us suffer
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| Pero oiga de veras compadre
| But listen really compadre
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| Yo nunca he mirado que nadie
| I have never seen anyone
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| Por eso se llegue a morir
| That's why you get to die
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| Sin duda compadre a veces el hombre
| Without a doubt compadre sometimes the man
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| Se aferra al cariño que lo hace llorar
| He holds on to the love that makes him cry
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| Lo mismo compadre que el perro
| The same compadre as the dog
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| Que lame la mano del hombre
| that licks the hand of man
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| Que le ha de pegar
| That he has to hit him
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| Compadre ya ve que no es fácil
| Compadre you see that it is not easy
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| Hallar el olvido detrás del alcohol
| Finding oblivion behind alcohol
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| No llore y piense compadre
| Don't cry and think compadre
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| Que si hoy en su vida
| What if today in your life
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| Hay tristezas y sombras
| There are sadness and shadows
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| Mañana habrá sol | tomorrow there will be sun |