| Con la mirada perdía en esos ojos de cuencas vacías,
| With his gaze he lost in those eyes of empty basins,
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| se me notan las costillas, debo vivir el día a día.
| my ribs show, I have to live from day to day.
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| Y tú preocupao por cómo adelgazar,
| And you worry about how to lose weight,
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| pensando todo el día en esos kilitos de más.
| thinking all day about those extra pounds.
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| Siéntate un ratito y ponte a pensar
| Sit down for a while and think
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| en cómo viven y mueren los demás.
| in how others live and die.
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| Pa poder vivir debo arriesgarme a morir,
| To be able to live I must risk dying,
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| aún me queda la esperanza de poder seguir aquí,
| I still have the hope of being able to continue here,
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| Navegab mis ilusiones en un frío mar añil,
| I sailed my illusions in a cold indigo sea,
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| escapar de la pobreza, por fin por fin por fin! | escape from poverty, at last at last at last! |
| (bis)
| (Bis)
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| Y si merece la pena hay cruzrar en una patera
| And if it's worth it, you have to cross in a small boat
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| que va a naufragar antes de llegar a Gibraltar.
| that is going to be shipwrecked before reaching Gibraltar.
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| Me asusta la pobreza, vete de aquí.
| Poverty scares me, get out of here.
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| Nos quitas del trabajo y nos traes de fumar,
| You take us out of work and you bring us from smoking,
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| educamos a tus hijos pa que nos roben el pan,
| we educate your children so that they steal our bread,
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| el día de mañana nos va a gobernar.
| tomorrow will govern us.
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| Y apaga el televisor y todo vuelve a ser real,
| And turn off the TV and everything becomes real again
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| las cosas que has visto se te van a olvidar
| the things you have seen you will forget
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| guerras, hambre, y precariedad…
| wars, famine, and precariousness…
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| Calla tu conciencia y déjate llevar…
| Shut up your conscience and let yourself go…
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| Entonces se apagan las luces del barrio
| Then the neighborhood lights go out
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| y la gente duerme y no piensa
| and people sleep and don't think
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| en los que pierden su vida a diario.
| in which they lose their lives on a daily basis.
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| Con la mirada perdía en esos ojos de cuencas vacías,
| With his gaze he lost in those eyes of empty basins,
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| se me notan las costillas, debo vivir al día. | my ribs show, I have to live from day to day. |