| El bulin de la calle Ayacucho
| The bulin of Ayacucho street
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| que en mis tiempos de rana alquilaba,
| that in my frog days I rented,
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| el bulin que la barra buscaba
| the bulin that the bar was looking for
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| para caer por la noche a timbear;
| to fall at night to timbear;
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| el bulin donde tantos muchachos
| the bulin where so many boys
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| en su racha de vida fulera
| in his streak of life fulera
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| encontraron marroco y catrera,
| they found morocco and catrera,
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| rechiflado parece llorar.
| whistled seems to cry.
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| El «primus"no me fallaba
| The "primus" did not fail me
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| con su carga de agua ardiente
| with its charge of fiery water
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| y habiendo agua caliente
| and having hot water
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| el mate era alli señor;
| the mate was there sir;
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| no faltaba la guitarra
| the guitar was not missing
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| bien encordada y lustrosa
| well strung and lustrous
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| ni el bacan de voz gangosa
| nor the baccan with the twangy voice
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| con berretin de cantor.
| with a singer's berretin
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| Cotorrito mistongo tirado
| Mistongo parrot lying
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| en el fondo de aquel conventillo,
| at the bottom of that tenement,
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| sin alfombras, sin lujo y sin brillo,
| without carpets, without luxury and without shine,
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| cuantos dias felices pase
| how many happy days have passed
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| al calor del querer de una piba
| to the heat of a girl's love
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| que fue mia, mimosa y sincera,
| that was mine, cuddly and sincere,
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| y una noche de invierno y fulera
| and a winter night and fulera
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| en un vuelo, hacia el cielo se fue.
| in a flight, towards the sky he left.
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| cada cosa era un recuerdo
| everything was a memory
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| que la vida me anargaba,
| that life annoyed me,
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| por eso me la pasaba
| that's why I spent it
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| cabrero, rante y triston;
| goatherd, rante and triston;
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| los muchachos se cortaron
| the boys cut themselves
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| al verme tan afligido,
| seeing me so afflicted,
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| y yo me quede en el nido
| and I stayed in the nest
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| empollando mi aflicción.
| brooding my affliction.
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| El bulin de la calle Ayacucho
| The bulin of Ayacucho street
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| ha quedado mistongo y fulero,
| it has remained mistongo and fulero,
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| ya no se oye al cantor milonguero
| you no longer hear the milonguero singer
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| engrupido su musa entonar; | engulfed his muse to sing; |
| y en el «primus"no bulle la pava
| and in the "primus" the kettle does not boil
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| que a la barra contenta reunia,
| that the happy bar gathered,
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| y el bacan de la rante alegria
| and the bacchanalian joy
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| esta seco de tanto llorar. | He is dry from crying so much. |