| No tuvo culpa quien nos inventó el dinero
| It was not his fault who invented money for us
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| Ni el pobre chino que a la pólvora dio a luz
| Not even the poor Chinese who gave birth to gunpowder
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| Ni la oratoria encumbrada de los griegos
| Nor the lofty oratory of the Greeks
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| Ni el carpintero de la tan famosa cruz
| Not even the carpenter of the famous cross
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| Ni aquella bala, de andar perdida
| Not even that bullet, of being lost
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| Ni los gusanos en la cosecha podrida
| Nor the worms in the rotten harvest
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| Huérfana culpa vuela sin dueños
| Orphan guilt flies without owners
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| Donde se pose, nunca crecerán los sueños
| Where it sits, dreams will never grow
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| Nunca crecerán los sueños
| Dreams will never grow
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| No tiene culpa el papel por lo que aguante
| The paper is not to blame for what it endures
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| Ni el instrumento por el disonante acorde
| Nor the instrument for the dissonant chord
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| Ni las costuras para que se vea elegante
| Nor the seams to make it look elegant
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| La recia porra que cuelga del uniforme
| The strong club that hangs from the uniform
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| Ni los escombros, de haber caído
| Nor the rubble, of having fallen
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| Ni los relojes de cuanto se ha envejecido
| Nor the clocks of how old it has become
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| Si corre el llanto
| If the crying runs
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| Si no resulta
| If it doesn't work out
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| Me duele tanto
| It hurts so much
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| Cuando la culpa
| when the blame
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| Ay, la culpa, la maldita culpa
| Oh, the guilt, the damn guilt
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| No la tiene nadie
| Nobody has it
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| Ay, la culpa, la maldita culpa
| Oh, the guilt, the damn guilt
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| No la tiene nadie
| Nobody has it
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| ¿Cómo que no la tiene nadie?
| How come no one has it?
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| Que no es lo mismo previsores que adivinos
| Foresights are not the same as fortune-tellers
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| Que no es igual recitación, que improvisando
| That recitation is not the same as improvising
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| Que es preferible quien lo intenta y ha perdido
| That it is preferable who tries it and has lost
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| Que quien blasfema pero nunca va intentado
| That who blasphemes but never goes tried
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| Culpa sin rostro como incentivos
| Faceless guilt as incentives
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| Para enfermarse de rechazo irreflexivo
| To get sick of thoughtless rejection
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| Lance unos golpes (Yo lance un acorde), se hizo esta rumba
| I threw a few hits (I threw a chord), this rumba was made
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| Una ilusión como linterna en la penumbra
| An illusion like a lantern in the gloom
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| Quiero esa culpa de empinar los imposibles
| I want that guilt of climbing the impossible
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| Que mis abuelos me obsequiaron en la infancia
| That my grandparents gave me in childhood
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| Denme la culpa de estallar cuando se arrime
| Give me the blame for exploding when he gets close
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| La cobardía con disfraz de tolerancia
| Cowardice disguised as tolerance
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| Culpa coraje, culpa valiente
| Blame courage, blame brave
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| Esa otra culpa es la que aplaude el inocente
| That other guilt is the one that the innocent applauds
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| Si corre el llanto
| If the crying runs
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| Si no resulta
| If it doesn't work out
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| Lo que me jode
| what pisses me off
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| Lo que me insulta
| what insults me
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| …que la culpa
| …that the blame
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| La maldita culpa
| the damn blame
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| No la tiene nadie
| Nobody has it
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| Guías de guaguancó:
| Guaguancó guides:
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| Demasiao generales pa poco recluta
| Too many generals for few recruits
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| Que a la muela de oro, le falta la pulpa
| That the gold tooth lacks the pulp
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| Si no rasca el respeto, no pica la multa
| If you don't scratch the respect, you don't hit the fine
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| A ese perro tan grande lo mata una pulga
| That big dog is killed by a flea
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| Lo que grita la calle, el informe lo oculta
| What the street shouts, the report hides
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| Los que manchan la patria, la historia sepulta | Those who stain the country, buried history |