| Haz que suene esa lira mi hermano
| Play that lyre my brother
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| haz que lloren las cuerdas sus quejas
| make the strings cry their complaints
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| acompaa mi canto paisano
| accompany my country song
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| porque voy a contarles mis penas
| because I'm going to tell you my sorrows
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| Este pobre bohemio que miran
| This poor bohemian they look at
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| trovador de cantina en cantina
| canteen troubadour in canteen
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| que con llanto les cuenta su vida
| that with tears tells them his life
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| y llorando les cuenta sus cuitas
| and crying he tells them his troubles
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| Muchas hembras tuve en mi camino
| Many females I had on my way
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| y el dinero corrio por mis manos
| and the money ran through my hands
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| hoy de pronto cambio mi destino
| Today suddenly I change my destiny
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| y al momento qued abandonado
| and at the moment I was abandoned
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| El dinero y las hembras no es nada
| Money and girls is nothing
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| no me duele el haberlos perdido
| It doesn't hurt me to have lost them
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| lo que si me lastima en el alma
| what if it hurts my soul
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| ver dejado mi pueblo querido
| see left my dear people
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| En el pueblo dej yo a mis padres
| In the town I left my parents
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| a mi novia que tanto adoraba
| to my girlfriend that I adored so much
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| a correr yo me fu por el mundo
| to run I went around the world
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| sin saber lo que a mi me esperaba
| without knowing what was waiting for me
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| Una tarde lluviosa de junio
| A rainy afternoon in June
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| a mi casa feliz regresaba
| I returned to my happy house
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| a mis padres encontr en la tumba
| I found my parents in the grave
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| y ami novia la encontr casada
| and my girlfriend found her married
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| Comprend que era falso en la vida
| I understood that it was false in life
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| con dinero se cobra y se paga
| with money you charge and pay
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| mientras tuve un cario sincero
| while I had a sincere affection
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| y por eso mi vida es amarga
| and that's why my life is bitter
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| Y por eso te digo mi hermano
| And that's why I tell you my brother
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| trovador de cantina en cantina
| canteen troubadour in canteen
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| as pienso pasarme la vida
| That's how I plan to spend my life
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| y con copas contarles mi vida | and with drinks tell them my life |