| Barrio tranquilo de mi ayer
| Quiet neighborhood of my yesterday
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| Como un triste atardecer
| Like a sad sunset
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| A tu esquina vuelvo viejo…
| To your corner I come back old...
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| Vuelvo más viejo
| I come back older
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| La vida me ha cambiado…
| Life has changed me...
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| En mi cabeza un poco 'e plata
| In my head a little money
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| Me ha dejado
| she has left me
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| Yo fui viajero del dolor
| I was a traveler of pain
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| Y en mi andar soñador
| And in my dreamy walk
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| Comprendi mi mal de vida
| I understood my bad life
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| Y cada beso lo borre con una copa
| And I erased each kiss with a glass
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| En un juego de ilusión reparti mi corazón
| In a game of illusion I shared my heart
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| Vuelvo cansado a la casita de mis viejos
| I return tired to the house of my parents
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| Cada cosa es un recuerdo que se agita en mi memoria
| Every thing is a memory that stirs in my memory
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| Mis veinte abriles me llevaron lejos…
| My twenties took me far…
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| !Locuras juveniles!! | !Youth follies!! |
| La falta de consejos!
| The lack of tips!
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| Hay en la casa un hondo y cruel sentido huraño
| There is in the house a deep and cruel sense of sullenness
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| Y al golpear, como un extraño
| And when I hit, like a stranger
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| Me recibe el viejo criado…
| The old servant receives me...
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| !Habre cambiado totalmente, que el anciano por la vos
| He will have totally changed, that the old man for the voice
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| Tan solo me reconocio!
| I just recognized myself!
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| Pobre viejita la encontre
| poor old lady i found her
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| Enfermita; | Sick; |
| yo le hable
| I talked to him
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| Y me miro con unos ojos…
| And I look at myself with eyes...
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| Con esos ojos
| with those eyes
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| Nublados por el llanto
| clouded by crying
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| Como diciendome:?Por que tardaste tanto?
| Like saying to me: Why did you take so long?
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| Ya nunca más he de partir
| I never have to leave again
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| Y a tu lado he de sentir
| And by your side I have to feel
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| El calor de un gran cariño…
| The warmth of a great affection…
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| Solo una madre nos perdona en esta vida
| Only a mother forgives us in this life
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| !Es la unica verdad!
| It is the only truth!
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| !Es mentira lo demas! | The rest is a lie! |