| No aconsejes a nadie que no te lo haya pedido,
| Do not advise anyone who has not asked you,
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| ni acorrales a un cobarde ni a un león herido.
| nor corner a coward nor a wounded lion.
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| No creas que lo evidente siempre es la verdad.
| Do not believe that the obvious is always the truth.
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| Ni dinamites un puente que un día debas cruzar.
| Nor dynamite a bridge that one day you must cross.
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| Si todo va muy bien seguro va a pasar algo malo.
| If everything goes very well, something bad will surely happen.
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| Y a veces no se rompe el hilo por lo más delgado.
| And sometimes the thread does not break at the thinnest point.
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| Nunca abras el paraguas antes que empiece a llover.
| Never open the umbrella before it starts to rain.
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| Ni regales un libro a quien no sabe leer.
| Nor give a book to someone who doesn't know how to read.
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| No desees que se mueran tus enemigos,
| Do not wish your enemies to die,
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| es mejor que estén vivos para verte triunfar.
| they better be alive to see you succeed.
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| La conciencia vale más que mil testigos.
| Conscience is worth more than a thousand witnesses.
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| Nunca lastimes a quien después no puedas matar.
| Never hurt someone you can't kill later.
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| Roberto, a veces lo que dice el alma puede estar en lo cierto.
| Roberto, sometimes what the soul says can be right.
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| Roberto, no te quejes de las voces que solo quieren darte un consejo.
| Roberto, don't complain about the voices that just want to give you advice.
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| Roberto, el día que no escuches esas voces es que vas a estar muerto
| Roberto, the day you don't hear those voices is that you're going to be dead
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| En este entorno en donde todo lo rige el soborno
| In this environment where everything is governed by bribery
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| o estas en la cocina o estas en el horno
| either you're in the kitchen or you're in the oven
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| Nunca toques la puerta si todo esta bien
| Never knock on the door if everything is fine
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| Nunca dudes y dejes pasar el tren
| Never hesitate and let the train pass
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| No festejes… Miercoles si aun es Martes
| Don't party... Wednesday if it's still Tuesday
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| y aprendere… hay en todas partes
| and I will learn… there are everywhere
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| Es que a veces nada es lo que parece,
| It is that sometimes nothing is what it seems,
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| porque todos presumen de lo que carecen
| because everyone brags about what they lack
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| Nunca duermas con quien tenga un puñal tatuado
| Never sleep with someone who has a dagger tattoo
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| Nunca hables de la cuerda en la casa del ahorcado
| Never talk about the rope in the hangman's house
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| Nunca escupas para arriba ni contra el viento
| Never spit up or into the wind
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| Nunca te mojes por alguien que siempre esta seco
| Never get wet for someone who is always dry
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| Roberto, a veces lo que dice el alma puede estar en lo cierto.
| Roberto, sometimes what the soul says can be right.
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| Roberto, no te quejes de las voces que solo quieren darte un consejo.
| Roberto, don't complain about the voices that just want to give you advice.
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| Roberto, el día que no escuches esas voces es que vas a estar muerto
| Roberto, the day you don't hear those voices is that you're going to be dead
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| No sientas miedo en el desconcierto,
| Do not be afraid in bewilderment,
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| un mar en calma nunca hizo un marinero experto
| a calm sea never made a skilled sailor
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| y por cierto, es mejor que tus flaquezas asimiles,
| and by the way, it is better that your weaknesses assimilate,
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| Aquiles solo por su talon es aquiles
| Achilles only for his heel is Achilles
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| No te tires a ombudsman, nunca afiles tu bumeran,
| Don't throw yourself at ombudsman, never sharpen your boomerang,
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| No te creas un doberman que se cree superman,
| Don't think of yourself as a doberman who thinks he's superman,
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| y no prometas en vano
| and do not promise in vain
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| Ni compares nada con un trago en la mano
| Don't even compare anything with a drink in your hand
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| Nunca hagas el bien sin mirar a quien,
| Never do good without looking at who,
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| no te aferres a algo que ya no es
| do not hold on to something that is no longer
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| Nunca sugieras a nadie como debe proceder
| Never suggest to anyone how to proceed
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| Nunca digas a nadie lo que debe hacer
| Never tell anyone what to do
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| Roberto, a veces lo que dice el alma puede estar en lo cierto.
| Roberto, sometimes what the soul says can be right.
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| Roberto, no te quejes de las voces que solo quieren darte un consejo.
| Roberto, don't complain about the voices that just want to give you advice.
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| Roberto, el día que no escuches esas voces es que vas a estar muerto | Roberto, the day you don't hear those voices is that you're going to be dead |