| En la sala de un hospital
| In a hospital room
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| A las 9: 43 nació Simón
| At 9:43 Simon was born
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| Es el verano del 56
| It's the summer of '56
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| El gran orgullo de don Andrés por ser varón
| The great pride of Don Andrés for being a man
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| Fue criado como los demás
| He was raised like the others
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| Con mano dura con severidad nunca opino
| With a heavy hand, with severity, I never give an opinion
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| Cuando crezcas vas a estudiar la misma vaina que tu papá
| When you grow up you're going to study the same pod as your dad
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| Oye lo bien, tendrás que ser un gran varón
| Hey how well, you'll have to be a great man
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| Al extranjero se fue Simón lejos de casa se le olvido
| The foreigner went Simon far from home he forgot
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| Aquel sermón
| that sermon
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| Cambio la forma de caminar usaba falda lápiz labial y
| I change the way I walk I wear lipstick skirt and
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| Un cartelón
| a poster
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| Cuenta la gente que un día el papá fue visitarlo sin
| People say that one day his father went to visit him without
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| Avisar vaya que error
| Notify what a mistake
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| Que una mujer le hablo al pasar le dijo hola que tal
| That a woman spoke to her as she passed, she said hello, how are you?
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| Papá como te va
| Dad, how are you?
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| ¡No me conoces! | You don't know me! |
| yo soy Simón, Simón tu hijo el gran varón
| I am Simon, Simon your son the great man
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| No se puede corregir a la naturaleza
| You can't fix nature
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| Palo que nace doblao jamás su tronco endereza
| Palo that is born bent or never straightens its trunk
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| Se dejo llevar por lo que dice la gente
| He got carried away by what people say
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| Su padre jamás le hablo lo abandono para siempre
| His father never spoke of him, he abandoned him forever
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| Y no te quejes Andrés no te quejes por nada
| And don't complain Andrés, don't complain about anything
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| Si del cielo te caen limones aprende a ser limonadas
| If lemons fall from the sky, learn to be lemonades
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| Y mientras pasan los años
| And as the years go by
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| El tiempo cediendo un poco
| Time giving in a little
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| Simón ya no le escribía Andrés estaba furioso
| Simón no longer wrote to him Andrés was furious
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| Por fin hubo noticias de donde su hijo estaba
| At last there was news of where his son was
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| Andrés nunca olvido el día de esa triste llamada
| Andrés never forgot the day of that sad call
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| Anaralalala anaralele anaralalalaleeeeeee
| Anaralalala anaralele anaralalalaleeeeeeee
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| Anaralalala anaralele anaralalalaleeeeeee
| Anaralalala anaralele anaralalalaleeeeeeee
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| En la sala de un hospital de una extraña enfermedad murió Simón
| Simón died in a hospital room from a strange disease
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| Es el verano del 86 al enfermo de la cama 10 nadie lloro
| It's the summer of '86 when I was sick in bed 10, no one cried
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| Simón Simón ooooooooooooouuuuooooo Simoooooon
| Simon Simon ooooooooooouuuuuuuu Simoooooon
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| Ahí que tener en compasión
| There to have in compassion
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| Vasta ya de moraleja y
| Vast already of moral and
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| El que este libre pecado que tire la primera piedra
| He who is free from sin cast the first stone
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| El que nunca perdona tiene destino cierto
| He who never forgives has a certain destiny
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| De vivir amargos recuerdos en su propio invierno | Of living bitter memories in his own winter |