| Mi amigo luis me recuerda que de niño
| My friend Luis reminds me that as a child
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| Yo era el mismo demonio
| I was the devil himself
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| Pedante, presumido y caprichoso
| Pedantic, conceited and capricious
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| Un solitario
| A lonely
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| Con aire de grandeza en la mirada
| With an air of grandeur in his eyes
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| Y ninguna moneda en los bolsillos
| And no coin in the pockets
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| Me recuerda que nunca fui tan bueno
| It reminds me that I was never that good
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| Como dice mi madre
| as my mother says
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| Y que llevo la pólvora en las venas
| And that I carry gunpowder in my veins
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| Lo mismo que mi padre
| the same as my father
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| Mi amigo luis que recuerda mucho mas que yo Me cuenta que en las tardes de verano
| My friend Luis, who remembers much more than me, tells me that on summer afternoons
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| En las batallas siempre yo era el perdedor
| In battles I was always the loser
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| Y mi enemigo, siempre laureado
| And my enemy, always laureate
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| Mi amigo luis que recuerda mucho mas que yo Apurando una caña de cerveza
| My friend Luis who remembers much more than me Drinking a glass of beer
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| Me cuenta del maestro cuyo lema fue
| He tells me about the teacher whose motto was
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| Que la letra con sangre siempre entra
| That the letter with blood always enters
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| Mi amigo luis es todo corazón
| My friend Luis is all heart
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| Mi amigo luis me recuerda que una tarde
| My friend Luis reminds me that one afternoon
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| Mientras jugaba
| while playing
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| Lance la piedra y escondí la mano
| I threw the stone and hid my hand
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| Y en su cabeza
| and in his head
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| Volaron mil estrellas de colores
| A thousand colored stars flew
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| Y grabada la marca de un cobarde
| And etched the mark of a coward
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| Y yo que me creía un angelito
| And I thought I was a little angel
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| Subiendo a los altares
| going up to the altars
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| Busque refugio en un lugar seguro
| Seek shelter in a safe place
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| Las faldas de mi madre
| my mother's skirts
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| Mi amigo luis que recuerda mucho mas que yo Me enseña una lección sin pretenderlo
| My friend Luis, who remembers much more than me, teaches me a lesson without intending to
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| Que lo bueno y lo malo te lo ganas tu Que ser fiel a un amigo es lo primero
| That you earn the good and the bad That being faithful to a friend comes first
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| Mi amigo luis que ya pinta su cabello gris
| My friend Luis who already paints his gray hair
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| Sonríe como un niño mientras habla
| Smile like a child while he talks
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| Recordando un pasado que nunca paso
| Remembering a past that never happened
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| Y la noche se vuelve madrugada
| And the night turns to dawn
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| Mi amigo luis es todo corazón | My friend Luis is all heart |