| ¡Que viva la ciencia! | Long live science! |
| ¡Que viva la poesía!
| Long live poetry!
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| Que viva siento mi lengua cuando tu lengua está sobre le lengua mía
| Long live I feel my tongue when your tongue is on my tongue
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| El agua está en el barro
| The water is in the mud
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| El barro en el ladrillo
| The mud in the brick
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| El ladirllo está en la pared
| The brick is on the wall
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| Y en la pared tu fotografía
| And on the wall your photograph
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| Es cierto que no hay arte sin emoción
| It is true that there is no art without emotion
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| Y que no hay precisión sin artesanía
| And that there is no precision without craftsmanship
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| Como tampoco hay guitarra sin tecnología
| As there is no guitar without technology
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| Tecnología del nylon para las primas
| Nylon technology for premiums
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| Tecnología del metal para el clavijero
| Metal technology for the headstock
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| La prensa, la gubia y el varniz
| The press, the gouge and the varnish
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| Las herrmanientas del carpintero
| The carpenter's tools
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| El cantautor y su computadora
| The singer-songwriter and his computer
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| El pastor y su afeitadora
| The shepherd and his razor
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| El despertador que ya está anunciando la aurora
| The alarm clock that is already announcing the dawn
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| Y en el telescopio, se demora la última estrella
| And in the telescope, the last star lingers
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| La máquina la hace el hombre
| The machine is made by man
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| Y es lo que el hombre hace con ella
| And it's what the man does with it
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| El arado, la rueda, el molino, la mesa en que apoyo el vaso de vino
| The plough, the wheel, the mill, the table on which I rest the glass of wine
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| Las curvas de la montaña rusa, la semicorchea y hasta la semifusa, el té
| The curves of the roller coaster, the sixteenth note and even the sixteenth note, the tea
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| Los ordenadores y los espejos
| computers and mirrors
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| Tus lentes para ver de cerca y de lejos
| Your glasses to see near and far
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| La cucha del perro, la mantequilla, la hierba, el mate y la bombilla
| The dog's spoon, the butter, the herb, the mate and the light bulb
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| Estás conmigo, estamos cantando a la sombra de nuestra parra
| You are with me, we are singing in the shade of our vine
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| Una canción que dice que uno sólo conserva lo que no amarra
| A song that says that one only keeps what is not tied
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| Y sin tenerte, te tengo a vos
| And without having you, I have you
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| Y tengo a mi guitarra
| And I have my guitar
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| Hay tantas cosas, yo solo preciso dos
| There are so many things, I only need two
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| Mi guitarra y vos
| my guitar and you
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| Mi guitarra y vos…
| My guitar and you…
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| Hay cines, hay trenes, hay cacerolas, hay fórmulas hasta para describir la
| There are cinemas, there are trains, there are saucepans, there are even formulas to describe the
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| espiral de una caracola
| spiral of a conch shell
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| Hay más
| There is more
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| Hay tráfico, créditos, cláusulas, salas VIP
| There is traffic, credits, clauses, VIP rooms
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| Hay cápsulas hipnóticas y tomografías computarizadas, hay condiciones para la
| There are hypnotic capsules and CT scans, there are conditions for
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| constitución de una sociedad limitada
| incorporation of a limited company
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| Hay biberones, hay buses, hay tabúes, hay besos, hay hambre, hay sobrepeso
| There are bottles, there are buses, there are taboos, there are kisses, there is hunger, there is overweight
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| Hay curas de sueño y tizanas, hay drogas de diseño
| There are sleep cures and chalk, there are designer drugs
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| Y perros adictos a las drogas en las aduanas
| And drug addicted dogs at customs
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| Hay manos capaces de fabricar herramientas con las que se hacen máquinas para
| There are hands capable of making tools with which machines are made to
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| hacer ordenadores que a su vez diseñan máquinas que hacen herramientas para que
| make computers that in turn design machines that make tools so that
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| las usen las manos
| use their hands
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| Hay escritas infinitas palabras
| There are infinite words written
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| Sen, gol, bang, rap, dios, fin
| Sen, goal, bang, rap, god, end
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| Hay tantas cosas, yo solo preciso dos
| There are so many things, I only need two
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| Mi guitarra y vos
| my guitar and you
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| Mi guitarra y vos | my guitar and you |