| Yo soy el cantor de mi barrio
| I am the singer of my neighborhood
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| que vino hasta el centro buscando olvidar
| who came to the center looking to forget
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| por una guitarra templada y unos tangos viejos
| for a warm guitar and some old tangos
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| que aprendi al pasar
| what I learned by passing
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| mi nombre no tiene importancia
| my name doesn't matter
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| cantor del barrio me suelen llamar
| neighborhood singer they usually call me
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| si tengo una pena tan honda
| if I have such a deep sorrow
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| perdonen muchachos les voy a contar
| Excuse me guys, I'm going to tell you
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| yo que a la vida le di el encanto de amar
| I who gave life the charm of loving
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| y perdiendo aprendi hoy que la he visto pasar
| and losing I learned today that I have seen it happen
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| solloza al recordar mi vieja herida
| sobs when remembering my old wound
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| que nunca le negue mi amor
| that I never deny my love
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| fue perverso el querer
| it was perverse to want
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| por ser bueno la ame y al verla así como la vi por esas calle de Dios yo voy vagando sin fe yo soy un murmullo de barrio
| for being good I loved her and when I saw her just like I saw her on those streets of God I am wandering without faith I am a neighborhood murmur
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| que canta su pena llorando al pasar
| who sings his sorrow of her crying as he passes
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| un hombre que vive sin vida
| a man who lives without life
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| que ha perdido todo por saber amar
| who has lost everything to know how to love
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| me dicen cantor en el barrio
| they call me a singer in the neighborhood
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| me piden que cante, no puedo cantar
| they ask me to sing, I can't sing
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| si tengo una pena tan honda
| if I have such a deep sorrow
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| perdonen muchachos quisiera llorar
| Excuse me guys I want to cry
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| yo que a la vida le di el encanto de amar
| I who gave life the charm of loving
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| y perdiendo aprendi hoy que la he visto pasada
| and losing I learned today that I've seen it last
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| solloza al recordar mi vieja herida
| sobs when remembering my old wound
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| que nunca le negue mi amor
| that I never deny my love
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| fue perverso el querer
| it was perverse to want
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| por ser bueno la ame y al verla así como la vi por esas calle de Dios yo voy vagando sin fé. | For being good, I loved her and when I saw her just like I saw her on those streets of God, I am wandering without faith. |