| Sonrisas por delante, presiones por detrás
| Smiles from the front, pressures from behind
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| Resistes en la vida sin pensar a donde vas
| You resist in life without thinking where you are going
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| Pensando estas palabras en la noche de un bar
| Thinking these words in a bar night
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| Encontré a un amigo, me puse a platicar:
| I found a friend, I started talking:
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| ¿Y qué piensas hermano de la noche irreal?
| And what do you think brother of the unreal night?
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| Es la vida una mulata que te atrapa sin cesar;
| Life is a mulatto that catches you endlessly;
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| Pues habla pronto, dime, ¿Qué ves?
| Well, he speaks soon, tell me, what do you see?
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| No se si miro al mundo del derecho o del revés
| I don't know if I look at the world from the right or the other way around
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| No supo contestar mi canción…
| He didn't know how to answer my song...
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| Palmaditas en el corazón…
| Pats on the heart…
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| Y te vas a pasear por ahí…
| And you're going to walk around...
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| Que yo me voy a dormir…
| That I'm going to sleep...
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| Si, doy pena a la tristeza por la vida que llevo
| Yes, I feel sorry for the sadness for the life I lead
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| Aunque a veces ría mucho como un loco cuando bebo
| Although sometimes I laugh a lot like crazy when I drink
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| Si creen que porque canto soy feliz así sin mas
| If they think that because I sing I'm happy just like that
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| Se equivocan, le decía a mi amigo en aquel bar
| They are wrong, I told my friend in that bar
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| Cuando yo lo hablaba todo mi garganta se secó
| When I spoke it all my throat dried up
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| No tuve mas remedio que apretarme otro ron
| I had no choice but to squeeze another rum
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| Esa noche me ayudaba a comerme mas el tarro
| That night he helped me to eat more of the jar
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| Mi amigo de 7 años importado de La Habana
| My 7 year old friend imported from Havana
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| No supo contestar mi canción…
| He didn't know how to answer my song...
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| Palmaditas en el corazón…
| Pats on the heart…
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| Y te vas a pasear por ahí…
| And you're going to walk around...
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| Que yo me voy a dormir…
| That I'm going to sleep...
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| Como decía mi primo la noche es un animal;
| As my cousin used to say, the night is an animal;
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| Si la miras frente a frente puede llegar a asustar
| If you look at it face to face it can scare you
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| Pero que bien lo pasamos las noches por ahí
| But how well we spent the nights there
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| Estamos en la selva de la noche irracional
| We are in the jungle of irrational night
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| Esto hablaba con mi amigo que miraba con pereza
| This was talking to my friend who was looking lazily
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| Las chicas de los bares, bebiendo una cerveza
| The girls in the bars, drinking a beer
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| Yo increpaba, blasfemaba, criticaba con pasión
| I rebuked, blasphemed, criticized passionately
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| Le miraba y preguntaba pero no me contestó
| He looked at him and asked but he didn't answer me
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| No supo contestar mi canción…
| He didn't know how to answer my song...
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| Palmaditas en el corazón…
| Pats on the heart…
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| Y te vas a pasear por ahí…
| And you're going to walk around...
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| Que yo me voy a dormir… | That I'm going to sleep... |