| Sentado en la banqueta de un eje vial
| Sitting on the sidewalk of a road axis
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| Viendo el rodar de miles de laminas
| Watching the rolling of thousands of sheets
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| Ultimos modelos, carcachas y uno que otro transporte escolar
| Latest models, clunkers and the occasional school bus
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| Taxis, peseros y colectivos
| Taxis, peseros and buses
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| Transportan millones de seres vivos
| They transport millions of living beings
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| Y todos llevan en el rostro la confianza de que pronto llegaran
| And they all carry on their faces the confidence that they will soon arrive
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| Y contemplando el trafico y el ruido
| And contemplating the traffic and the noise
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| Me puse a pensar en lo que he vivido
| I began to think about what I have experienced
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| De donde vengo, a donde voy
| Where do I come from, where do I go
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| Lo que tengo y lo que soy
| What I have and what I am
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| Y analizando mi negro destino
| And analyzing my black destiny
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| Vi muchas piedras en el camino
| I saw many stones on the way
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| Y esque todo lo que he querido hacer siempre me ha salido mal
| And it's that everything I've wanted to do has always gone wrong
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| Porque siempre he sido un perdedor
| 'Cause I've always been a loser
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| Siempre he tenido muy mala suerte
| I have always had very bad luck
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| Y siempre contra la corriente
| And always against the current
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| He tenido que remar
| I have had to row
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| El tiempo pasa y el mundo gira
| Time passes and the world turns
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| Y de volada se me va la vida
| And suddenly my life is gone
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| Y por mas que he tratado no he encontrado la forma
| And no matter how hard I've tried, I haven't found a way
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| De meter ni un solo gol y aunque no he perdido la esperanza
| To score not a single goal and although I have not lost hope
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| Lo que he ganado nunca me alcanza
| What I have won is never enough
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| Y al sentir que tengo vacia la panza
| And when I feel that my belly is empty
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| No me queda mas que aceptar
| I have no choice but to accept
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| Que siempre he sido un perdedor… | That I've always been a loser... |