Lyrics of La Vieja del Zaguán - El Cuarteto de Nos

La Vieja del Zaguán (original)

Delirando por la ciudad vieja
Había una vieja medio muerta
Acostada en el zaguán
Vi que me miraba y su mirada
Trastornada, trastornaba
Lo que había en el lugar
Vi que no podía dejar
De mirar a la vieja
Que estaba acostada en el zaguán
Comprobé que no sabía
Si era yo realmente
El que miraba a la vieja del zaguán
O si era la vieja
Que era yo que me miraba
Acostado en el zaguán
Empecé a sentir en mis
Riñones el dolor
Los escalones duros del zaguán
Vi que mi persona frente a mi
Estaba parada, me encontré
Acostada en el zaguán
Vi que en vez de hablar
Yo balbuceaba estupideces
Vi que de la cabeza estaba mal
Vi que el que era yo
Se daba vuelta y me dejaba
Transformado en la vieja del zaguán

(translation)

Raving through the old city
There was an old half dead
Lying in the hall
I saw that he was looking at me and his look
upset, upset
What was in place
I saw that I could not leave
From looking at the old
That she was lying in the hallway
I checked that she didn't know
if it was really me
The one who looked at the old woman in the hall
Or if she was the old
that it was me who was looking at me
Lying in the hall
I began to feel in my
kidneys pain
The hard steps of the hall
I saw that my person in front of me
I was standing, I found myself
Lying in the hall
I saw that instead of speaking
I babbled nonsense
I saw that the head was wrong
I saw that the one that was me
He turned around and left me
Transformed into the old lady in the hall