| Decí, por Dios, ¿qué me has dao
| Say, by God, what have you given me
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| Que estoy tan cambiao
| I'm so changed
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| No sé más quien soy?
| I don't know who I am anymore?
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| El malevaje extrañao
| The strange malevajeo
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| Me mira sin comprender…
| He looks at me blankly...
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| Me ve perdiendo el cartel
| sees me losing the sign
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| De guapo que ayer
| As handsome as yesterday
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| Brillaba en la acción…
| He shone in action...
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| ¿No ves que estoy embretao
| Can't you see I'm drunk
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| Vencido y maniao
| Defeated and manic
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| En tu corazón?
| In your heart?
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| Te vi pasar tangueando altanera
| I saw you go tango haughty
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| Con un compás tan hondo y sensual
| With a rhythm so deep and sensual
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| Que no fue más que verte y perder
| That it was nothing more than seeing you and losing
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| La fe, el coraje
| faith, courage
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| El ansia 'e guapear
| The desire 'and handsome
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| No me has dejao ni el pucho en la oreja
| You haven't even left me a fist in my ear
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| De aquel pasao malevo y feroz…
| From that wicked and fierce past…
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| ¡Ya no me falta pa' completar
| I no longer need to complete
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| Más que ir a misa e hincarme a rezar!
| More than going to mass and kneeling to pray!
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| Ayer, de miedo a matar
| Yesterday, afraid to kill
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| En vez de pelear
| instead of fighting
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| Me puse a correr…
| I started running...
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| Me vi a la sombra o finao;
| I saw myself in the shade or fine;
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| Pensé en no verte y temblé…
| I thought about not seeing you and I trembled…
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| ¡Si yo, -que nunca aflojé-
| If I, -who never let go-
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| De noche angustiao
| at night I anguish
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| Me encierro a yorar…
| I lock myself up to pray...
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| Decí, por Dios, ¿qué me has dao
| Say, by God, what have you given me
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| Que estoy tan cambiao
| I'm so changed
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| No sé más quien soy? | I don't know who I am anymore? |