| Cotorro al gris. | Parrot to the gray. |
| Una mina
| A mine
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| Ya sin chance por lo vieja
| No chance for the old
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| Que sorprende a su garabo
| That surprises his garabo
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| En el trance de partir
| In the process of leaving
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| Una escena a lo Melato
| A Melato scene
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| Y entre un llanto y una queja
| And between a cry and a complaint
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| Arrodillada ante su hombre
| Kneeling before her man
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| Esto se lo oyó decir:
| This was heard him say:
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| Me engrupiste bien debute con el cuento ‘e la tristeza
| You engrouped me well debuted with the story 'and sadness
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| Pues creí que te morías si te dejaba amurao…
| Well, I thought you would die if I left you amurao…
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| Pegabas cada suspiro que hasta el papel de la pieza
| You stuck each sigh that even the paper of the piece
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| Se descolaba de a poco hasta quedar descolao
| He was slipping little by little until he was left slipping
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| Te dio por hacerte el loco y le pegaste al alpiste
| He gave you for playing crazy and you hit the birdseed
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| Te piantaron del laburo por marmota y por sobón…
| They took you out of work for a marmot and for a sobón...
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| Yo también al verte enfermo empecé a ponerme triste
| Me too when I saw you sick I started to get sad
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| Y entré a quererte, por sonsa, a fuerza de compasión
| And I came to love you, out of sonsa, by force of compassion
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| Te empezó a gustar el monte y dejaste en la timba
| You began to like the mount and you left in the timba
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| Poco a poco la vergüenza, la decencia y la moral
| Little by little shame, decency and morality
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| Como entró a escasear el vento me diste cada marimba
| As the wind became scarce, you gave me every marimba
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| Que me dejaste de cama con vistas al hospital…
| That you left me in bed overlooking the hospital...
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| Como quedaste en la vía y tu viejo, un pobre tano
| As you were left on the road and your old man, a poor tano
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| Era chivo con los cosos pelandrunes como vos
| He was a goat with pelandrunes things like you
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| Me pediste una ayuda y entonces te di una mano
| You asked me for help and then I gave you a hand
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| Alquilando un cotorrito en el centro pa' los dos
| Renting a small parrot in the center for both of us
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| Allá como a la semana me pediste pa' cigarros
| About a week ago you asked me for cigarettes
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| Después pa' cortarte el pelo y pa' ir un rato al café;
| Then to cut your hair and go to the cafe for a while;
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| Una vez que discutimos me tiraste con los tarros
| Once we argued you threw me with the jars
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| Si no los gambeteo estaba lista, lo sé…
| If I didn't dribble them I was ready, I know...
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| ¿Decime si yo no he sido para vos como una madre?
| Tell me if I haven't been like a mother to you?
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| ¿Decime si yo merezco lo que vos pensás hacer?
| Tell me if I deserve what you plan to do?
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| Bajó el bacán la cabeza y él, tan rana y tan compadre
| The bacán lowered his head and he, such a frog and such a compadre
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| Besándole los cabellos lloró como una mujer | Kissing her hair she wept like a woman |