| En la larga siembra de mis años
| In the long sowing of my years
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| medio indio pa’l querer
| half an Indian to love
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| siempre fui esquivando
| I was always dodging
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| los zarpazos del amor…
| the claws of love...
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| Pero, en mi camino te cruzaste
| But, in my way you crossed
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| y esa tarde pa' dolor,
| and that afternoon for pain,
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| con tus ojos criollos me chuziaste…
| with your criollo eyes you chuzias me…
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| Y al yugo del cariño
| And to the yoke of affection
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| me fui de yeno
| I left yeno
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| chasquiandome por gueno,
| snapping me for gueno,
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| confiao y noble,
| confident and noble,
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| sintiendome más pobre
| feeling poorer
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| que las arañas,
| that the spiders,
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| dispues que por tus mañas
| arrange that by your tricks
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| cai bajo tu pial.
| I fell under your pial.
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| China cruel… A que has venido?
| Cruel China… What have you come for?
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| Que buscas en este rancho?
| What are you looking for in this ranch?
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| Si pa' mi fuiste al olvido
| If you went to oblivion for me
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| y vive ya más ancho
| and live longer
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| mi gaucho corazón.
| my gaucho heart.
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| Y esa flor que mi cuchiyo
| And that flower that my cuchiyo
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| te Marco bien merecida,
| I Marco well deserved,
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| la yevaras luciendo en el carriyo
| the yevaras showing off in the carriyo
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| pa' que nunca en la vida
| so that never in life
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| olvides tu traición.
| forget your betrayal
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| En el viejo pertigo de mi alma
| In the old pertigo of my soul
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| no te vengas a enredar.
| do not come to entangle.
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| Tenes contramarca.
| You have countermark.
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| Sos ajena a este corral,
| You are foreign to this corral,
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| con que and’apurandote las tabas,
| with which you are rushing the knuckles,
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| pa' tu bien o pa' tu mal,
| for your good or for your bad,
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| y perdete en el portrero donde estabas.
| and get lost in the goalkeeper where you were.
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| Con un boton pa' muestra
| With a button to show
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| tengo bastante
| I have enough
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| y soy de mucho aguante
| and I have a lot of stamina
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| pa' caer de nuevo.
| to fall again
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| De juro te lo ruego,
| I swear I beg you,
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| que al lado del tigre
| that next to the tiger
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| es facil que peligren
| it is easy for them to be in danger
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| las zorras como vos… | bitches like you... |