Lyrics of La Balada del Diablo y la Muerte - La Renga

La Balada del Diablo y la Muerte (original)

Estaba el diablo mal parado
En la esquina de mi barrio
Ah donde dobla el viento
Y se cruzan los atajos
Al lado de l estaba la muerte
Con una botella en la mano
Me miraban de reojo
Y se rean por lo bajo
Entre dientes o a la muerte
Que deca, que deca as…
Ahaaa…
Cuntas se habr escapado
Como laucha por tirante
Y esta noche que no cuesta nada
Ni siquiera fatigarse
Podemos llevarnos un cordero
Con slo cruzar la calle
Yo me escond tras la niebla
Y mir al infinito
A ver si llegaba ese
Que nunca iba a venir
Estaba el diablo mal parado
En la esquina de mi barrio
Al lado de l estaba la muerte
Con una botella en la mano
(solo de guitarra)
Y temblando como una hoja
Me cruc para encararlos
Y les dije me parece que esta vez
Me dejaron bien plantado
Les ped fuego y del bolsillo
Saqu una rama pa’convidarlos
Y bajo un arbol del otoo
Nos quedamos chamullando
Me contaron de sus vidas
Su triunfos y sus fracasos
De que el mundo andaba loco
Y hasta el cielo fue comprado
Y ms miedo que ellos dos
Me daba el propio ser humano
Oh, oh, oh, oh…
Y yo ya no esperaba a nadie
Entre las brisas del aquellarre
El diablo y la muerte
Se me fueron amigando
Ah donde dobla el viento
Y se cruzan los atajos
Ah donde brilla la vida
En la esquina de mi barrio
De mi barrio…
De mi barrio…
Suerte !
Gabriel

(translation)

The devil was in a bad way
In the corner of my neighborhood
Ah where the wind bends
And the shortcuts are crossed
Beside him was death
With a bottle in hand
They looked at me sideways
And they laugh under their breath
Through clenched teeth or to death
What was he saying, what was he saying like that…
Ahaha…
How many will have escaped
Like a fight for a brace
And tonight that costs nothing
Don't even get tired
we can take a lamb
Just by crossing the street
I hid behind the fog
And look at infinity
Let's see if that one came
that was never going to come
The devil was in a bad way
In the corner of my neighborhood
Beside him was death
With a bottle in hand
(Guitar solo)
And shaking like a leaf
I crossed to face them
And I told them it seems to me that this time
they left me well planted
I asked for fire and from my pocket
I took out a branch to invite them
And under an autumn tree
we stay chattering
They told me about their lives
His triumphs and his failures
That the world was crazy
And even heaven was bought
And more afraid than them two
He gave me the human being himself
Oh oh oh oh…
And I no longer waited for anyone
Between the breezes of the coven
The devil and death
They became friends with me
Ah where the wind bends
And the shortcuts are crossed
Ah where life shines
In the corner of my neighborhood
From my neighborhood…
From my neighborhood…
Luck !
Gabriel