| Entre los charcos de la última lluvia
| Between the puddles of the last rain
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| Y a una esquina no muy frecuentada
| And to a corner not very frequented
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| De una ciudad sucia y olvidada
| From a dirty and forgotten city
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| Llega el cantor a empezar la jornada
| The singer arrives to start the day
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| Y de una funda hecha una ruina
| And from a sheath made a ruin
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| Saca a su amiga vieja y gastada
| Brings out her old worn out friend
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| Afina un poco sus cuerdas cansadas
| He tunes his tired strings a little
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| Mientras la gente pasa apresurada
| As people rush by
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| Nadie sabe cómo pasa su vida
| Nobody knows how he spends his life
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| Nadie se entera cómo su vida pasa
| Nobody finds out how his life goes by
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| Pardao le llaman en la plaza
| Pardao they call him in the square
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| Porque aunque llueva él canta
| because even if it rains he sings
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| Y no se marcha
| and he does not leave
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| Sin detenerse algunos lo miran
| Without stopping some look at him
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| Y poco a poco otros se paran
| And little by little others stand
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| Para escuchar a su voz fatigada
| To listen to his weary voice
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| Contar historias y viejas baldas
| Tell stories and old shelves
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| Por un momento las penas se olvidan
| For a moment the sorrows are forgotten
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| Y ahora es calle lo que era calzada
| And now it is street what was road
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| Pues pardao con su vieja guitarra
| Well, pardao with his old guitar
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| Pone en la vida promesas olvidadas
| Puts into life forgotten promises
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| Y nadie sabe cómo pasa su vida
| And nobody knows how he spends his life
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| Nadie se entera cómo su vida pasa
| No one finds out how his life passes
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| Pardao le llaman en la plaza
| Pardao they call him in the square
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| Porque aunque llueva él canta
| because even if it rains he sings
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| Y no se marcha
| and he does not leave
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| Corre el tiempo y vuelven las prisas
| Time passes and the rush returns
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| Y poco a poco la gente se marcha
| And little by little the people leave
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| Solo pardao en su acera mojada
| Just pardao on his wet sidewalk
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| Guarda sus cosas despacio con calma
| Put your things away slowly
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| Unas monedas en su gorra raída
| A few coins in his threadbare cap
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| En su bolsa una botella mediada | In his bag he a half bottle |
| En sus días esperanzas quemadas
| In his days hopes burned
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| Y en sus noches pensiones baratas
| And in their nights cheap pensions
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| Y nadie sabe cómo pasa su vida
| And nobody knows how he spends his life
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| Nadie se entera cómo su vida pasa
| Nobody finds out how his life goes by
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| Pardao le llaman en la plaza
| Pardao they call him in the square
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| Porque aunque llueva él canta
| because even if it rains he sings
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| Y no se marcha
| and he does not leave
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| Pardao, mira qué vida lleva
| Pardao, he looks at what life he leads
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| Su patria y su hogar es una acera
| His homeland and his home is a sidewalk
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| Pardao, mira qué vida pasa
| Pardao, look what life happens
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| El parque es su tierra, la calle su casa
| The park is his land, the street his house
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| Pardao, mira qué vida lleva
| Pardao, look what a life he leads
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| No tiene familia no tiene bandera
| He has no family, he has no flag
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| Pardao, mira qué vida pasa
| Pardao, look what life happens
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| Su luz las estrellas, su cama la plaza | His light the stars, his bed the square |