| Mírame, ¿dónde está la esperanza?
| Look at me, where is the hope?
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| ¿Dónde me ves la vida?
| Where do you see my life?
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| ¿Dónde voy a vivir?
| Where am I going to live?
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| Mírame, ya no tengo la calma
| Look at me, I no longer have the calm
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| Ya me caí de la cama
| I already fell out of bed
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| Me voy a envenenar
| I'm going to poison myself
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| Ay, soy un niño asustado
| Oh, I'm a scared child
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| Tengo el ritmo apagado
| I have the rhythm off
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| Bailo sin respirar
| I dance without breathing
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| Mírame, me ahogué en tu piscina
| Look at me I drowned in your pool
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| Déjame ya la salida
| Leave me the exit
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| No quiero resucitar más
| I don't want to resurrect anymore
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| ¿Qué? | Than? |
| ¿Si fui a un baile de fiesta?
| What if I went to a prom?
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| Vengo de un manicomio
| I come from a madhouse
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| Me caí con mi velita
| I fell with my little candle
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| Yo, que por bailar de cabeza
| I, for dancing headfirst
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| Me fracturé la cadena
| I broke the chain
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| Me tiraron al mar
| They threw me into the sea
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| Mírame, tengo tres mil dolores
| Look at me, I have three thousand pains
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| Me dieron con cañones
| they hit me with cannons
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| El tiro de soledad
| The shot of loneliness
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| Mírame, me perderé en mi barco
| Look at me, I'll get lost in my boat
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| Me comeré el pescado
| I will eat the fish
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| De tu reservación
| of your reservation
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| Mírame, busco tu arrogancia
| Look at me, I look for your arrogance
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| Perdóname el deseo
| forgive me the wish
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| Cuando pase el cumbión
| When the cumbión passes
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| Ay, ¿porqué dejé la cumbia?
| Oh, why did I leave cumbia?
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| Me dediqué a la salsa
| I dedicated myself to the sauce
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| Me fui pa' Nueva York
| I went to New York
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| Nadie, me mirará en el barrio
| Nobody, will look at me in the neighborhood
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| Serán tan desconfiados
| They will be so suspicious
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| Por desafiar el folclor
| For defying folklore
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| Ay, me buscarán con rabia
| Oh, they will look for me with rage
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| Me lincharán borracho
| I will be lynched drunk
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| En mi lujuriosa casa tan triste (Casa, tan triste)
| In my lustful house so sad (House, so sad)
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| Háblame, espíritu del ritmo
| Talk to me, spirit of rhythm
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| Espíritu bailable
| danceable spirit
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| Rey desde Nueva York
| King from New York
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| Mírame, me arrodillo a tus zancos
| Look at me, I kneel to your stilts
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| Bailaré envenenado
| I will dance poisoned
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| La salsa y la canción
| The sauce and the song
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| Ay, no me dejes enfermo
| Oh don't make me sick
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| Tengo un ojo de vidrio
| I have a glass eye
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| Y no puedo bailar
| And I can't dance
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| Óyeme, príncipe de tambores
| Hear me, prince of drums
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| Cántame los pregones
| sing me the proclamations
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| Que me aliviarán
| that will relieve me
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| «Yo te persigo man, yo te bendigo» | "I'm chasing you man, I'm blessing you" |