| Por esas viejas tradiciones
| For those old traditions
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| Hemos estado tanto tiempo juntos
| We've been together so long
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| Y por guardar las apariencias
| And for keeping up appearances
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| Hemos vivido sin amor alguno
| We have lived without any love
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| Llegar a casa cada día
| come home every day
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| Llenaba de melancolía el alma
| It filled the soul with melancholy
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| Y despedirse al otro dia era la huida
| And saying goodbye the next day was the escape
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| De una vida falsa
| of a false life
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| Por no saber decir a tiempo
| For not knowing how to tell in time
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| Vete ya de mí
| Get out of me
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| Por ocultar los sentimientos
| for hiding feelings
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| Por querer mentir
| for wanting to lie
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| Por esas viejas tradiciones
| For those old traditions
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| Se fueron tantas emociones nuevas
| So many new emotions gone
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| Y sin amor por conveniencia
| And without love for convenience
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| Perdimos tantas ocasiones buenas
| We missed so many good chances
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| En cada frase había un reproche
| In each sentence there was a reproach
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| Mirar ausente y tantas noches solas
| Look away and so many nights alone
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| Y en cada gesto había un pretexto
| And in every gesture there was a pretext
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| Para evitar el encontrarse a solas
| To avoid being alone
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| Por no saber decir a tiempo
| For not knowing how to tell in time
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| Vete ya de mí
| Get out of me
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| Por ocultar los sentimientos
| for hiding feelings
|
| Por querer mentir
| for wanting to lie
|
| Por esas viejas tradiciones
| For those old traditions
|
| Hemos estado tanto tiempo juntos
| We've been together so long
|
| Y por guardar las apariencias
| And for keeping up appearances
|
| Hemos vivido sin amor alguno
| We have lived without any love
|
| En cada frase había un reproche
| In each sentence there was a reproach
|
| Mirar ausente y tantas noches solas
| Look away and so many nights alone
|
| Y en cada gesto había un pretexto
| And in every gesture there was a pretext
|
| Para evitar el encontrarse a solas
| To avoid being alone
|
| Por esas viejas tradiciones
| For those old traditions
|
| Se fueron tantas emociones nuevas
| So many new emotions gone
|
| Y sin amor por conveniencia
| And without love for convenience
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| Perdimos tantas ocasiones buenas | We missed so many good chances |