| ¡No te asustes ni me huyas… No he venido pa' vengarme
| Don't be scared or run away from me... I have not come to take revenge
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| Si mañana, justamente, yo me voy pa' no volver…
| Yes, tomorrow, precisely, I am leaving so as not to return…
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| He venido a despedirme y el gustazo quiero darme
| I have come to say goodbye and I want to treat myself
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| De mirarte frente a frente y en tus ojos contemplarme
| To look at you face to face and in your eyes contemplate me
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| Silenciosa, largamente, como me miraba ayer…
| Silently, for a long time, as he looked at me yesterday…
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| He venido pa’que juntos recordemos el pasado
| I have come so that together we can remember the past
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| Como dos buenos amigos que hace rato no se ven;
| Like two good friends who haven't seen each other for a while;
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| A acordarme de aquel tiempo en que yo era un hombre honrado
| To remember that time when I was an honest man
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| Y el cariño de mi madre era un poncho que había echado
| And my mother's love was a poncho that she had thrown
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| Sobre mi alma noble y buena contra el frío del desdén
| On my noble and good soul against the cold of disdain
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| Una noche fue la muerte quien vistió mi alma de duelo
| One night it was death who dressed my mourning soul
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| A mi tierna madrecita la llamó a su lado Dios…
| He called my tender little mother by her side God...
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| Y en mis sueños parecía que la pobre, desde el cielo
| And in my dreams she seemed like the poor thing, from heaven
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| Me decía que eras buena, que confiara siempre en vos
| She told me that you were good, that she always trusted you
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| Pero me jugaste sucio y, sediento de venganza…
| But you played me dirty and, thirsty for revenge...
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| Mi cuchillo en un mal rato envainé en un corazón…
| My knife in a bad moment I sheathed in a heart...
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| Y, más tarde, ya sereno, muerta mi única esperanza
| And later, already serene, dead my only hope
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| Unas lágrimas amargas las sequé en un bodegón
| Some bitter tears I dried in a still life
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| Me encerraron muchos años en la sórdida gayola
| They locked me up for many years in the sordid gayola
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| Y una tarde me libraron… pa' mi bien… o pa' mi mal… | And one afternoon they freed me... for my good... or for my bad... |
| Fui sin rumbo por las calles y rodé como una bola;
| I went aimlessly through the streets and rolled like a ball;
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| Por la gracia de un mendrugo, ¡cuantas veces hice cola!
| By the grace of a crust, how many times did I queue up!
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| Las auroras me encontraron largo a largo en un umbral
| The auroras found me long at a threshold
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| Hoy ya no me queda nada; | Today I have nothing left; |
| ni un refugio…¡Estoy tan pobre!
| not even a shelter…I am so poor!
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| Solamente vine a verte pa' dejarte mi perdón…
| I only came to see you to leave you my forgiveness...
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| Te lo juro; | I swear; |
| estoy contento que la dicha a vos te sobre…
| I am happy that happiness is over you...
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| Voy a trabajar muy lejos… a juntar algunos cobres
| I'm going to work far away... to collect some coppers
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| Pa' que no me falten flores cuando esté dentro 'el cajón | So that I don't lack flowers when the drawer is inside |