| Nadie puede imaginar
| no one can imagine
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| Lo que hay detras de un gran hombre:
| What is behind a great man:
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| Optimista, ganador, bien parado
| Optimistic, winner, well off
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| Para la ocasin.
| For the occasion.
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| Un par de tequilazos
| A couple of tequila shots
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| Para preparar la vista,
| To prepare the view,
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| No vaya a ser cosa
| not going to be thing
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| Que se ponga exigente en la eleccin.
| Let him be demanding in the election.
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| Se acerca sonriendo,
| He approaches smiling,
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| Con picardia argentina,
| With Argentinian mischievousness,
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| Y le dice al oido:
| And she whispers in his ear:
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| «no hay nadie en el mundo mas
| "there is no one in the world more
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| Linda que vos».
| Beautiful than you».
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| Quien va a creer
| who will believe
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| Semejante mentira?
| Such a lie?
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| Avanza la noche
| advance the night
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| Y retrocede su chance de pescador.
| And his fisherman's chance goes back.
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| Va por Chapultepec,
| He goes through Chapultepec,
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| Dobla por la Cuahutemoc,
| Turn for the Cuahutemoc,
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| Tiene humildes pretensiones:
| He has humble pretensions:
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| Algo de suerte para el amor.
| Some luck for love.
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| Le va a todas
| he goes to all
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| El testarudo confiado.
| The confident stubborn.
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| Hay muchas presas
| There are many prey
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| Que desconfian de su conviccin.
| They mistrust your conviction of him.
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| Y a cada intento
| And at every try
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| Se va desdibujando.
| He fades away.
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| Adnde habra un bicho
| where will there be a bug
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| Que camine para el asador?
| Who walks to the grill?
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| Dios mio…
| My God…
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| Va por Chapultepec,
| He goes through Chapultepec,
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| Dobla por la Cuahutemoc,
| Turn for the Cuahutemoc,
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| Tiene humildes pretensiones:
| He has humble pretensions:
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| Algo de suerte para el amor.
| Some luck for love.
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| Y sonreia el sol de la maana,
| And the morning sun smiled,
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| Y se par en un puesto para comer,
| And stopped at a stall to eat,
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| Se avent una tremenda enchilada,
| A tremendous enchilada was thrown,
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| Se calent los sesos y empez a correr.
| He heated his brains and began to run.
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| Si les sumas a esta dieta el mezcal
| If you add to this diet the mezcal
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| Y los virulos del bostero,
| And the virus of the bostero,
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| Pronto se convirti en ratn,
| He soon turned into a mouse,
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| Que va a morir en algun agujero.
| That he is going to die in some hole.
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| Saliendo de Nezahuaycoyoti
| Leaving Nezahuaycoyoti
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| Tom por Chapultepec
| Tom for Chapultepec
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| En tantito estuve por la Cuahutemoc;
| For a little while I was in Cuahutemoc;
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| En la mera esquina con la chava me encontr,
| I found myself on the mere corner with the girl,
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| O el chavo… ni modo que adivine.
| Or the guy… no way can I guess.
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| Ya esta desesperado,
| He's already desperate
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| Y viene revoleando lazos y boleadoras.
| And he comes swinging bows and balls.
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| Le di a un pajarraco
| I hit a bird
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| De buena napia y barrign.
| Of good napia and belly.
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| «Qu se llev?», se pregunta la gente.
| “What did he take?” people ask.
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| Quin no carga un bagallo
| Who does not carry a bagallo
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| En el prontuario del corazn?
| In the record of the heart?
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| Va por Chapultepec,
| He goes through Chapultepec,
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| Dobla por la Cuahutemoc,
| Turn for the Cuahutemoc,
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| Tiene humildes pretensiones:
| He has humble pretensions:
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| A esta hora si es mujer, mejor.
| At this time if she is a woman, better.
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| Baila, baila el lorito,
| She dances, the parrot dances,
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| Generoso y mimosito
| Generous and cuddly
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| Va por Chapultepec,
| He goes through Chapultepec,
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| Dobla por la Cuahutemoc,
| Turn for the Cuahutemoc,
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| Tiene humildes pretensiones:
| He has humble pretensions:
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| A esta hora si es mujer, mejor;
| At this time if it is a woman, better;
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| A esta hora si es mujer, mejor;
| At this time if it is a woman, better;
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| A esta hora … si es ser humano, mejor.
| At this time... if it's a human being, better.
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| Rococ! | Rococo! |