| Lo nuestro duró
| ours lasted
|
| Lo que duran dos peces de hielo
| How long two ice fish last
|
| En un güisqui on the rocks
| In a whiskey on the rocks
|
| En vez de fingir
| instead of pretending
|
| O, estrellarme una copa de celos
| Or, crash a glass of jealousy
|
| Le dio por reír
| she made him laugh
|
| De pronto me vi
| Suddenly I saw myself
|
| Como un perro de nadie
| Like a nobody's dog
|
| Ladrando, a las puertas del cielo
| Barking, at the gates of heaven
|
| Me dejó un neceser con agravios
| She left me a vanity case with grievances
|
| La miel en los labios
| The honey on the lips
|
| Y escarcha en el pelo
| And frost in your hair
|
| Tenían razón
| They were right
|
| Mis amantes
| My lovers
|
| En eso de que, antes
| In that, before
|
| El malo era yo
| the bad guy was me
|
| Con una excepción:
| With one exception:
|
| Esta vez
| This time
|
| Yo quería quererla querer
| I wanted to love her to love
|
| Y ella no
| and she doesn't
|
| Así que se fue
| She so she gone
|
| Me dejó el corazón
| she left my heart
|
| En los huesos
| In the bones
|
| Y yo de rodillas
| and me on my knees
|
| Desde el taxi
| from the taxi
|
| Y, haciendo un exceso
| And, doing an excess
|
| Me tiró dos besos…
| She blew me two kisses...
|
| Uno por mejilla
| one per cheek
|
| Y regresé
| and i came back
|
| A la maldición
| to the curse
|
| Del cajón sin su ropa
| From the drawer without his clothes
|
| A la perdición
| to perdition
|
| De los bares de copas
| From the cocktail bars
|
| A las cenicientas
| to the cinderellas
|
| De saldo y esquina
| of balance and corner
|
| Y, por esas ventas
| And for those sales
|
| Del fino Laina
| From the fine Laina
|
| Pagando las cuentas
| paying the bills
|
| De gente sin alma
| of soulless people
|
| Que pierde la calma
| who loses his cool
|
| Con la cocaína
| with the cocaine
|
| Volviéndome loco
| Driving me crazy
|
| Derrochando
| wasting
|
| La bolsa y la vida
| The bag and life
|
| La fuí, poco a poco
| I went, little by little
|
| Dando por perdida
| giving up
|
| Y eso que yo
| and that I
|
| Paro no agobiar con
| I stop not to overwhelm with
|
| Flores a María
| Flowers to Maria
|
| Para no asediarla
| so as not to harass her
|
| Con mi antología
| with my anthology
|
| De sábanas frías
| of cold sheets
|
| Y alcobas vacías
| and empty bedrooms
|
| Para no comprarla
| not to buy it
|
| Con bisutería
| with jewelry
|
| Ni ser el fantoche
| Nor be the puppet
|
| Que va, en romería
| That she goes, on a pilgrimage
|
| Con la cofradía
| with the brotherhood
|
| Del Santo Reproche
| Of the Holy Reproach
|
| Tanto la quería
| she loved her so much
|
| Que, tardé, en aprender
| That, it took me, to learn
|
| A olvidarla, diecinueve días
| To forget her, nineteen days
|
| Y quinientas noches
| and five hundred nights
|
| Dijo hola y adiós
| She said hello and goodbye
|
| Y, el portazo, sonó
| And, the door slam, she rang
|
| Como un signo de interrogación
| Like a question mark
|
| Sospecho que, así
| I suspect so
|
| Se vengaba, a través del olvido
| She took revenge, through oblivion
|
| Cupido de mi
| cupid of me
|
| No pido perdón
| I do not apologize
|
| ¿para qué? | for what? |
| si me va a perdonar
| if she will forgive me
|
| Porque ya no le importa…
| Because she doesn't care anymore...
|
| Siempre tuvo la frente muy alta
| She always held her head high
|
| La lengua muy larga
| very long tongue
|
| Y la falda muy corta
| And the very short skirt
|
| Me abandonó
| She leave me
|
| Como se abandonan
| how they are abandoned
|
| Los zapatos viejos
| The old shoes
|
| Destrozó el cristal
| she shattered the glass
|
| De mis gafas de lejos
| From my glasses from afar
|
| Sacó del espejo
| She pulled out of the mirror
|
| Su vivo retrato
| his living portrait
|
| Y, fui, tan torero
| And, I was, so bullfighter
|
| Por los callejones
| through the alleys
|
| Del juego y el vino
| Of the game and the wine
|
| Que, ayer, el portero
| That, yesterday, the goalkeeper
|
| Me echó del casino
| She kicked me out of the casino
|
| De Torrelodones
| From Torrelodones
|
| Qué pena tan grande
| what a great pity
|
| Negaría el Santo Sacramento
| I would deny the Holy Sacrament
|
| En el mismo momento
| In the same moment
|
| Que ella me lo mande
| that she send it to me
|
| Y eso que yo
| and that I
|
| Paro no agobiar con
| I stop not to overwhelm with
|
| Flores a María
| Flowers to Maria
|
| Para no asediarla
| so as not to harass her
|
| Con mi antología
| with my anthology
|
| De sábanas frías
| of cold sheets
|
| Y alcobas vacías
| and empty bedrooms
|
| Para no comprarla
| not to buy it
|
| Con bisutería
| with jewelry
|
| Ni ser el fantoche
| Nor be the puppet
|
| Que va, en romería
| What's up, on a pilgrimage
|
| Con la cofradía
| with the brotherhood
|
| Del Santo Reproche
| Of the Holy Reproach
|
| Tanto la quería
| I loved her so much
|
| Que, tardé, en aprender
| That, it took me, to learn
|
| A olvidarla, diecinueve días
| To forget her, nineteen days
|
| Y quinientas noches
| and five hundred nights
|
| Y regresé
| and i came back
|
| A la maldición
| to the curse
|
| Del cajón sin su ropa
| From the drawer without his clothes
|
| A la perdición
| to perdition
|
| De los bares de copas
| From the cocktail bars
|
| A las cenicientas
| to the cinderellas
|
| De saldo y esquina
| of balance and corner
|
| Y, por esas ventas
| And for those sales
|
| Del fino Laina
| From the fine Laina
|
| Pagando las cuentas
| paying the bills
|
| De gente sin alma
| of soulless people
|
| Que pierde la calma
| that she loses her cool
|
| Con la cocaína
| with the cocaine
|
| Volviéndome loco
| Driving me crazy
|
| Derrochando
| wasting
|
| La bolsa y la vida
| The bag and life
|
| La fuí, poco a poco
| I went, little by little
|
| Dando por perdida
| giving up
|
| Y regresé
| and i came back
|
| A la maldición
| to the curse
|
| Del cajón sin su ropa
| From the drawer without his clothes
|
| A la perdición
| to perdition
|
| De los bares de copas
| From the cocktail bars
|
| A las cenicientas
| to the cinderellas
|
| De saldo y esquina
| of balance and corner
|
| Y, por esas ventas
| And for those sales
|
| Del fino Laina
| From the fine Laina
|
| Pagando las cuentas
| paying the bills
|
| De gente sin alma
| of soulless people
|
| Que pierde la calma
| who loses his cool
|
| Con la cocaína. | With the cocaine. |