| Cuando tome solitario el camino hacia Dios
| When I take the lonely road to God
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| Y que cierre el calendario que Él me dio
| And close the calendar that He gave me
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| He de hacerle el inventario de mi vida por aquí;
| I have to make an inventory of my life around here;
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| Le diré que es necesario que viví
| I will tell you that it is necessary that I lived
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| Que nací de carne y hueso como todos los demás
| That I was born of flesh and bone like everyone else
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| Que viví cada segundo y algo más
| That I lived every second and something more
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| Que viví gracias a el, lo que la vida me ofreció;
| That I lived thanks to him, what life offered me;
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| Porque el hombre es el más bueno y el peor
| Because man is the best and the worst
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| Por el hecho de nacer ya es pecador
| By the fact of being born he is already a sinner
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| Sin ser menos optimista que la media federal
| No less optimistic than the federal average
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| Le diré en mi entrevista al tribunal
| I will tell you in my court interview
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| Que yo he sido un artista y que un santo nunca fui
| That I have been an artist and that I was never a saint
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| Y aunque sea egoísta he de vivir
| And even if I'm selfish I have to live
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| Que viví y no pedía más que un poco de amistad
| That I lived and did not ask for more than a little friendship
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| Que viví sólo por la felicidad
| That I lived only for happiness
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| Que viví sin vellaquería y eso es lo que tengo mal
| That I lived without a vellaquería and that is what I have wrong
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| Aunque sé que Dios lo sabría perdonar
| Although I know that God would know how to forgive him
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| Como manda a los hombres a observar
| As he commands men to observe
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| Si mis cartas creedenciales fuesen poco para Él
| If my credentials were not enough for Him
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| O si son superficiales, le diré
| Or if they're shallow, I'll tell you
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| Que entre todos los mortales, yo he sido el más feliz
| That among all mortals, I have been the happiest
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| Y no temo confesarle que viví
| And I'm not afraid to confess that I lived
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| Que viví a toda vela cada día un nuevo amor, que viví de las mujeres lo mejor
| That I lived at full sail every day a new love, that I lived the best of women
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| Que viví en nombre de ellas y he llevado y así aprendí la mayor pasión ardiente
| That I lived in their name and I have carried and thus learned the greatest burning passion
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| y frenesí
| and frenzy
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| Sin haber vivido mucho he de decir
| Without having lived much I have to say
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| Que viví, que viví…
| That I lived, that I lived...
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| Que viví, que viví…
| That I lived, that I lived...
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| Que viví, que viví…
| That I lived, that I lived...
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| Que viví, que viví… | That I lived, that I lived... |