| El sabe que tiene para rato largo
| He knows he has a long time
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| La sentencia en fija lo va ahacer sonar
| The fixed sentence is going to make it sound
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| Asi, entre cabrero, sumiso y amargo
| Thus, between goatherd, submissive and bitter
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| La luz de la aurora lo va a saludar
| The light of the dawn will greet you
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| Quisiera que alguno pudiera escucharlo
| I wish someone could hear it
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| En esa elocuencia que las penas dan
| In that eloquence that sorrows give
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| Y ver si es humano querer condenarlo
| And see if he is human want to condemn him
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| Por haber robado un cacho de pan
| For having stolen a piece of bread
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| Sus pibes no lloran por llorar
| His kids don't cry for crying
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| Ni piden masitas
| They don't even ask for dumplings
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| Ni dulces, ni chiches, Señor!
| No sweets, no gums, Lord!
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| Sus pibes se mueren de frio
| His kids are dying of cold
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| Y lloran habrientos de pan
| And they cry hungry for bread
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| La abuela se queja de dolor
| Grandma complains of pain
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| Doliente reproche que ofende a su hombria
| Painful reproach that she offends his manhood
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| También su mujer, escualida y flaca, en una mirada
| Also his wife, emaciated and skinny, in a look
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| Toda la tragedia le ha dado a entender
| All the tragedy has given him to understand
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| @Trabajar? | @To work? |
| @Adonde? | @Where to? |
| Extender la mano
| Reach out
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| Pididendo al que pasa, limosna, @por que?
| Asking what happens, alms, @why?
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| Recibir la afrenta de un «perdone hermano»
| Receiving the affront of a "excuse me brother"
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| El que es fuerte y tiene valor y altivez
| He who is strong and has courage and haughtiness
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| Se durmieron todos, cacho la barreta
| They all fell asleep, I hit the jimmy
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| Se puso la gorra resuelto a robar
| He put on his cap determined to steal
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| Un vidrio, unos gritos carreras, auxilio
| A glass, some racing cries, help
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| Un hombre que llora y un cacho de pan | A crying man and a piece of bread |