| es un local de mala muerte
| it is a seedy place
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| donde se juntan cada noche
| where they meet every night
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| los de siempre, se escriben guiones, novelas negras,
| the usual ones write scripts, noir novels,
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| se escriben paginas de trucos y maneras.
| pages of tricks and ways are written.
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| se abre la puerta, se hace la niebla,
| the door opens, the fog forms,
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| entre los humos y perfumes alguien entra;
| Among the smoke and perfumes someone enters;
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| unos se miran, otros preguntan
| some look at each other, others ask
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| quien es el tipo que parece el mismo buda.
| who is the guy who looks like the buddha himself.
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| quien es el tipo que parece el mismo buda.
| who is the guy who looks like the buddha himself.
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| en una esquina un presidiario, justo en la barra enfrente,
| in a corner a convict, right in the bar in front,
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| hay un notario; | there is a notary; |
| un separado con una viuda hace pareja con la
| a separated with a widow makes a couple with the
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| amiga de la viuda, hace pareja con la amiga de la viuda.
| friend of the widow, pairs up with the friend of the widow.
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| y hay un decano tambiÉn, y un abogado tambiÉn,
| and there's a dean too, and a lawyer too,
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| y un policia rodeado de ladrones,
| and a policeman surrounded by thieves,
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| y una princesa y una portuguesa,
| and a princess and a Portuguese,
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| que en nada quedan si se quitan los tacones.
| that they are nothing if they take off their heels.
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| y hay un decano tambiÉn, y un abogado tambiÉn,
| and there's a dean too, and a lawyer too,
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| y un policia rodeado de ladrones,
| and a policeman surrounded by thieves,
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| y una princesa y una portuguesa,
| and a princess and a Portuguese,
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| que en nada quedan si se quitan los tacones.
| that they are nothing if they take off their heels.
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| turururu…
| turururu…
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| un matrimonio bien avenido, a solo un metro la querida del marido,
| a well-matched marriage, just a meter away from the husband's mistress,
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| el bien tranquilo disimulando,
| the well calm disguising,
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| ella pendiente porque ha visto un viejo amigo,
| she pending because she has seen an old friend,
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| ella pendiente porque ha vistoun viejo amigo.
| she pending because she has seen an old friend.
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| hay tres banqueros, van con corbata, estÁn casados,
| there are three bankers, they wear ties, they are married,
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| los anillos bien guardados; | well kept rings; |
| tres italianas no se recatan,
| three Italians do not hold back,
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| se echan a suertes a los tres de la corbata,
| they draw lots for the three in the tie,
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| se echan a suertes a los tres de la corbata.
| the three in the tie are drawn.
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| y hay un decano tambiÉn, y un abogado tambiÉn,
| and there's a dean too, and a lawyer too,
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| y un policia rodeado de ladrones,
| and a policeman surrounded by thieves,
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| y una princesa y una portuguesa,
| and a princess and a Portuguese,
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| que en nada quedan si se quitan los tacones.
| that they are nothing if they take off their heels.
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| y hay un decano tambiÉn… | and there is a dean too… |