| Cuanto Tiempo busque tu carino,
| How long I look for your love,
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| y anduve boracho, boracho perdido
| and I was drunk, drunk lost
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| de tanto querete
| I love you so much
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| Yo me acuerdo que estaba chiquillo y no iba a escuela porque no aguantaba seis horas
| I remember I was a kid and I didn't go to school because I couldn't last six hours
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| sin verte. | without seeing you. |
| Siempre juntos crecio mi carino y un dia me gritaste «Me gustan los hombres, me aburren los ninos»
| Always together my love grew and one day you yelled at me «I like men, children bore me»
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| y hay te voy a quebrar mi destino y en una cantina cambie
| and there I'm going to break my destiny and change in a canteen
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| mis canicas por copas de vino.
| my marbles for glasses of wine.
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| Que Coraje me daba conmigo,
| What courage he gave me with me,
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| No Tenia bigote, ni traia pistola, ni andaba a caballo
| He did not have a mustache, nor did he carry a gun, nor did he ride a horse
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| Que Coraje me daba conmigo, yo andaba descalso
| What courage he gave me with me, I was barefoot
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| y a ti te gustaban las botas de charro
| and you liked charro boots
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| Fui dejando que el tiempo pasara. | I was letting time pass. |
| Luche contra todo
| fight against everything
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| senti que los anos callian en mi espalda
| I felt that the years fell on my back
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| Y una noche que no te esperaba volviste
| And one night when I didn't expect you, you came back
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| en silencio y le diste un beso a mi boca cerrada,
| in silence and you gave a kiss to my closed mouth,
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| no te pude decir que te fueras ni quise que vieras
| I couldn't tell you to leave and I didn't want you to see
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| que estuve escribiendo mil veces tu nombre
| that I was writing your name a thousand times
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| solo se que te puse en mi brazos
| I only know that I put you in my arms
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| deje que mi orgullo se sera pedasos
| let my pride be shattered
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| al fin ya era un hombre | at last he was a man |