| Eran conocidos en las calles del barrio
| They were known in the streets of the neighborhood
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| Conocidos en todos los bares y tabernas
| Known in all the bars and taverns
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| Él tan serio, tan alto, tan pálido y delgado
| He so serious, so tall, so pale and thin
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| Ella morena y frágil, tan graciosa y pequeña
| She brown and frail, so graceful and small
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| Él rondaba, más o menos, los cincuenta
| He was around, more or less, fifty
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| Y ella debía tener no más de veinticuatro
| And she must have been no more than twenty-four
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| Él daba clases, creo, en alguna academia
| He taught, I think, at some academy
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| Y ella estudiaba, creo, un curso de italiano
| And she was studying, I think, an Italian course
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| Bebían y se amaban, o eso parecía
| They drank and loved each other, or so it seemed
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| Discutían a veces, a veces sonreían
| Sometimes they argued, sometimes they smiled
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| Se besaban y odiaban, pero nadie es perfecto
| They kissed and hated but nobody's perfect
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| El amor es difícil y extraño en estos tiempos
| Love is difficult and strange these days
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| La noche debilita los corazones
| The night weakens hearts
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| Noches de funeral, de vino y rosas
| Funeral nights, wine and roses
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| Brindemos por el amor y sus fracasos
| Here's to love and its failures
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| Quizás podamos escoger nuestra derrota
| Maybe we can choose our defeat
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| El sol limpia las calles, la memoria
| The sun cleanses the streets, the memory
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| Feroces pasiones atenúa
| Fierce passions attenuates
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| Invéntate el final de cada historia
| Make up the ending of each story
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| Que el amor es eterno mientras dura
| That love is eternal while it lasts
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| Él entró una noche en el bar de costumbre
| He walked into the usual bar one night
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| Iba vestido todo de riguroso luto
| He was dressed all in rigorous mourning
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| Venía borracho y solo, traía el gesto serio
| He came drunk and alone, he had a serious gesture
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| Y en las manos una corona de difuntos
| And in his hands a crown of the deceased
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| Ella le había dejado, nos explicó sereno
| She had left him, he calmly explained to us
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| Y había decidido considerarla muerta
| And he had decided to consider her dead
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| Y brindar por su olvido y su descanso eterno
| And toast to his forgetfulness of her and his eternal rest
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| Y celebrar su entierro de taberna en taberna
| And celebrate his funeral from tavern to tavern
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| Así que allá nos fuimos, y para qué contaros:
| So there we went, and why tell you:
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| Vasos vinos y risas, alguna vomitona
| Glasses of wine and laughter, some vomiting
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| Abrazos de amistad, eterna aquella noche
| Hugs of friendship, eternal that night
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| Requiescat y brindemos por ella y su memoria
| Requiescat and let's toast to her and her memory
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| La noche debilita los corazones
| The night weakens hearts
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| Noches de funeral, de vino y rosas
| Funeral nights, wine and roses
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| Brindemos por el amor y sus fracasos
| Here's to love and its failures
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| Quizás podamos escoger nuestra derrota
| Maybe we can choose our defeat
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| El sol limpia las calles, la memoria
| The sun cleanses the streets, the memory
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| Feroces pasiones atenúa
| Fierce passions attenuates
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| Invéntate el final de cada historia
| Make up the ending of each story
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| Que el amor es eterno mientras dura
| That love is eternal while it lasts
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| Al salir de El Almendro ya iba muy borracho
| When he left El Almendro he was already very drunk
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| Se cayó en el asfalto y me incliné a su lado
| He fell on the asphalt and I leaned in next to him
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| Supe que estaba muriéndose de golpe
| I knew that she was dying suddenly
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| Dijo algo en mi oído, se deshizo en mis brazos
| She said something in my ear, she fell apart in my arms
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| Se lo llevó la ambulancia con su corona y todo
| She took him away in the ambulance with her crown on him and all
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| Y yo me fui a cumplir con su encargo maldito
| And I went to fulfill his errand for him damn
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| Llegué hasta el bar que él me había indicado
| I arrived at the bar that he had indicated to me
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| Y busqué a la muchacha entre el humo y el ruido
| And I looked for the girl between the smoke and the noise
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| Por fin la vi, bailaba muy despacio
| I finally saw her, she danced very slowly
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| Refugiada en el cálido pecho de un muchacho
| Sheltered in the warm chest of a boy
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| Le conté, me escuchó, se abrazó a su pareja
| I told her, she listened to me, she hugged her partner
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| Yo no sé si lloró, no se veía apenas
| I don't know if she cried, she hardly looked
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| La noche debilita los corazones
| The night weakens hearts
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| Noches de funeral, de vino y rosas
| Funeral nights, wine and roses
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| Brindemos por el amor y sus fracasos
| Here's to love and its failures
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| Quizás podamos escoger nuestra derrota
| Maybe we can choose our defeat
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| El sol limpia las calles, la memoria
| The sun cleanses the streets, the memory
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| Feroces pasiones atenúa
| Fierce passions attenuates
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| Invéntate el final de cada historia
| Make up the ending of each story
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| Que el amor es eterno mientras dura
| That love is eternal while it lasts
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