| Este es un tiempo propicio pa la modestia
| This is an auspicious time for modesty
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| como el sol da luz al da, fuerza y claridad se manifiestan
| as the sun gives light to the day, strength and clarity are manifested
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| no importa latitud, altitud, (c)poca del a±o
| no matter latitude, altitude, (c) time of year
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| cambia moneda, ganan los mismos, ver cada da otro enga±o.
| change currency, earn the same, see every day another deception.
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| Piel roja, tinta negra, papel blanco
| red leather, black ink, white paper
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| traigo el pasado al presente, hago historia y la deshago
| I bring the past to the present, I make history and I undo it
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| intuiciones, adivinaciones, bolas de cristales
| intuitions, divinations, crystal balls
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| vida efmera, conviviendo con todos los males.
| ephemeral life, living with all evils.
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| Ruidosa calle esta es mi jerga
| Noisy street this is my lingo
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| mil lenguas se hablan, mil bocas escupen fuego
| a thousand tongues are spoken, a thousand mouths spit fire
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| mil loros ke pinchan bandas sonoras por las ventanas
| a thousand parrots that play soundtracks through the windows
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| no hay cal (c)s, no hay dirhams, no hay parque,
| no cal(c)s, no dirhams, no park,
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| no hay pesos, no hay pasta, no hay nada.
| there are no pesos, there is no pasta, there is nothing.
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| Tє ya no sigas echando cuentas,
| You no longer keep counting,
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| peseta, real, durillo y mЎs leyendas,
| peseta, real, durillo and more legends,
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| no solo importa tu nevera y pagar letras,
| not only import your fridge and pay bills,
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| no hay tiempo, ni respiro, ni descanso, relajo o tregua
| there is no time, no respite, no rest, relaxation or truce
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| sigue! | follow! |
| sigue! | follow! |
| menos derechos y mЎs tuercas.
| less rights and more nuts.
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| El confort no reconforta
| comfort does not comfort
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| y a cuchillo con el euro passa cuentas
| and a knife with the euro passes bills
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| Como una balada amarga,
| Like a bitter ballad
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| invadiendo las tabernas
| invading the taverns
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| El confort no reconforta
| comfort does not comfort
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| y a costa de que sudores llenan cuentas
| and at the expense of what sweat fills accounts
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| Tantos siglos tropezando,
| So many centuries stumbling,
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| siempre con la misma piedra
| always with the same stone
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| As estЎ esto oscuro…
| That's how dark it is...
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| …Parpadea la poca luz de la farola de aquel muro…
| …The little light from the streetlight on that wall flickers…
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| …Frena…
| …brake…
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| Hace tiempo que esta escrito:
| It's been written for a long time:
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| La comodidad debilita al mЎs fuerte de los vivos.
| Comfort weakens the strongest of the living.
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| Si…їquien es?
| Yes… who is it?
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| Sorpresa! | Surprise! |
| Un sonido,
| A sound,
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| un soniquete que te somete,
| a soniquete that submits you,
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| se te mete en la mente, latente,
| it gets into your mind, latent,
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| ambiente envolvente, desde la calle para la gente.
| enveloping environment, from the street to the people.
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| Vente, Vente! | Come on, come on! |
| Aqui quien no siente miente
| Here who does not feel lies
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| evidentemente
| evidently
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| Ђ"puede que nunca te hubieras dado cuentaЂ"
| "You may never have noticed"
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| que a cЎmara lenta siempre se ve
| that in slow motion you always see
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| Imagnate! | Imagine! |
| Incorpіrate!
| Join!
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| Aceptalo! | Accept it! |
| Es hora de!
| It's time to!
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| Caminar y poner la mirada de frente
| Walk and look straight ahead
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| hacia un camino diferente, gente
| to a different path, people
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| El confort no reconforta
| comfort does not comfort
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| y a cuchillo con el euro passa cuentas
| and a knife with the euro passes bills
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| Como una balada amarga,
| Like a bitter ballad
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| invadiendo las tabernas
| invading the taverns
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| El confort no reconforta
| comfort does not comfort
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| y a costa de que sudores llenan cuentas
| and at the expense of what sweat fills accounts
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| Tantos siglos tropezando,
| So many centuries stumbling,
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| siempre con la misma piedra
| always with the same stone
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| Derechos humanos mueren dia a dia calladamente
| Human rights die quietly every day
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| Personas sin papeles no ven salida a su vida legalmente
| People without papers do not see a way out of their lives legally
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| Inmigrantes encerrados en las iglesias en huelga de hambre
| Immigrants locked in churches on hunger strike
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| «їїDios no existe o por impago le han cortao el cable??»
| «God does not exist or because of non-payment they have cut the cable?»
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| Megamacromultinacionales
| megamacromultinationals
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| multipoderosas,
| multipowered,
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| multideprimentes,
| multidepressants,
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| multicapitales,
| multicapital,
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| multipatriarcales,
| multipatriarchal,
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| multisiderales,
| multisidereal,
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| multicoloniales,
| multicolonial,
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| multimilitares,
| multimilitary,
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| multiexplotadoras,
| multiexploiters,
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| multidictadoras,
| multidictators,
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| multimiserables,
| multimiserables,
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| multipoliciales,
| multipolice,
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| armadas hasta los dientes.
| armed to the teeth.
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| Cultura barata cubierta en plata
| Cheap culture covered in silver
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| mata y ata almas sensatas,
| kill and bind sensible souls,
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| sombras inmediatas llenan miradas de pasta, basta!
| immediate shadows fill eyes with pasta, enough!
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| Hasta cuando cultura nefasta
| Until when disastrous culture
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| que aplasta en el metro y en tu casa?
| What crushes in the subway and in your house?
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| Amansa la conciencia, manipula y cansa la esperanza
| Tames the conscience, manipulates and tires hope
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| Hasta cuando fronteras con muertos de los dos lados
| Even when borders with deaths from both sides
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| ЎEsto impone! | This imposes! |
| ЎDescompone!
| decompose!
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| Valen mЎs las balas blancas que las vidas negras dentro del mercado
| White bullets are worth more than black lives in the market
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| ЎEsto no es justo!
| This is not fair!
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| Revuelta y cambio impulso
| Revolt and momentum change
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| Sistema desengancho, descompongo y desajusto.
| System disengagement, decomposition and maladjustment.
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| Naces, andas, ves, mueres
| You are born, you walk, you see, you die
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| usa conciencia, implicate
| use awareness, get involved
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| cuando uno va uno viene,
| when one goes one comes,
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| se repite la misma insensatez.
| the same nonsense is repeated.
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| Vaya disgusto!
| What disgust!
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| …Consumo, Consuma, Consume a gusto…
| …Consume, Consume, Consume at ease…
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| (gracias a Pat por esta letra) | (thanks to Pat for these lyrics) |