| …ese es de los que nunca niega una ayuda…
| …that is one of those who never denies help…
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| No deje que le engañe mi abrigo descosido…
| Don't let my ripped coat fool you...
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| Paso por una racha negra y peluda
| I go through a hairy black streak
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| Pero tengo mi casa, no soy un muerto de hambre
| But I have my house, I'm not starving
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| Solo que últimamente ya no la empleo
| Only lately I don't use it anymore
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| No soy como el Benito… tengo familia, sabe
| I'm not like Benito... I have a family, you know
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| Aunque hace mucho tiempo que no les veo
| Although I haven't seen them for a long time
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| Si es su gusto invitarme, tomaré un copita.
| If it's your pleasure to invite me, I'll have a little glass.
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| Hace un frío que pela por esas calles
| It's freezing cold in those streets
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| Acércate Benito, el caballero invita…
| Come closer Benito, the gentleman invites…
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| Ponga dos de lo mismo y Dios se lo pague
| Put two of the same and God bless you
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| Tanto tienes, tanto vales
| The much you have, the much you worth
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| Y pare usted de contar
| And you stop counting
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| Hoy respiramos
| Today we breathe
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| Mañana dejamos
| tomorrow we leave
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| De respirar
| to breathe
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| Como le iba diciendo, fue el cabrón de mi yerno
| As I was telling you, it was my bastard son-in-law
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| El que me buscó la ruina y les comió el tarro
| The one who sought my ruin and ate the jar
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| A toda la familia… Que si esto que si aquello…
| To the whole family… What if this what if that…
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| Mentiras, se lo juro… me invita usted a un cigarro?
| Lies, I swear… can you buy me a cigarette?
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| La gente, jefe, es mala y el mundo un desatino
| The people, boss, are bad and the world is nonsense
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| Mire, sin ir mas lejos, este sujeto
| Look, without going any further, this subject
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| Vendería a su madre por un cartón de vino
| He would sell his mother of him for a carton of wine
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| ¡Sientate aquí Benito y estáte quieto!
| Sit here Benito and be still!
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| ¿Otra copita??? | Another shot??? |
| Bueno, ¡Por la gente rumbosa!
| Well, for the raving people!
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| Este clarete abre el apetito
| This claret whets the appetite
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| ¿No le apetecería comer alguna cosa???
| Wouldn't you like to eat something???
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| El cuerpo lo agradece. | The body appreciates it. |
| ¿…Verdad Benito?
| ...right Benito?
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| Tanto tienes, tanto vales
| The much you have, the much you worth
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| Y pare usted de contar
| And you stop counting
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| Hoy respiramos
| Today we breathe
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| Mañana dejamos
| tomorrow we leave
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| De respirar
| to breathe
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| Despiértate Benito… Se nos mojó la leña
| Wake up Benito… Our firewood got wet
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| Y así no hay quien encienda un fuego decente
| And so there is no one to light a decent fire
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| Baja crecido el río…ya cubre hasta las peñas…
| The river grows low… it already covers even the rocks…
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| Tendremos que mudarnos bajo otro puente
| We'll have to move under another bridge
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| Sabes Benito? | Do you know Benedict? |
| anoche, tuve un sueno virguero
| Last night, I had a virguero dream
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| Me la pase de charla y tomando copas
| I spent the time chatting and having drinks
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| En un sitio divino, con todo un caballero
| In a divine place, with a whole gentleman
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| Y tú también venías Benito… Y había sopa
| And you also came Benito… And there was soup
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| …Y gambas y chuletas y alubias con chorizo
| …And prawns and chops and beans with chorizo
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| Benito…¿no me escuchas??? | Benito… can't you hear me??? |
| ¿Que te pasa Benito???
| What's wrong with you Benito???
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| No vayas a morirte. | Don't go to die. |
| ¡No me hagas eso!
| Don't do that to me!
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| Tanto tienes, tanto vales
| The much you have, the much you worth
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| Y pare usted de contar
| And you stop counting
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| Hoy respiramos
| Today we breathe
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| Mañana dejamos
| tomorrow we leave
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| De respirar
| to breathe
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| No creo que te importe
| I do not think you care
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| Que encima de los míos
| that on top of mine
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| Me ponga para siempre tus calcetines
| I'll wear your socks forever
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| Al fin y al cabo, amigo, tu ya no tienes frío
| At the end of the day, friend, you are no longer cold
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| Perdona que te deje, sigue creciendo el río | Forgive me for leaving you, the river continues to grow |