| Vieja pared del arrabal
| old slum wall
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| Tu sombra fue mi compañera
| your shadow was my companion
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| De mi niñez sin esplendor
| Of my childhood without splendor
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| La amiga fue tu madreselva
| The friend was your honeysuckle
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| Cuando temblando mi amor primero
| When trembling my love first
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| Con esperanzas besaba mi alma
| With hopes he kissed my soul
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| Yo junto a vos pura y feliz
| Me together with you pure and happy
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| Cantaba así mi primera confesión
| I sang like this my first confession
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| Madreselvas en flor que me vieron nacer
| Honeysuckle in bloom that saw me born
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| Y en la vieja pared sorprendieron mi amor
| And on the old wall they surprised my love
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| Tu humilde caricia es como el cariño
| Your humble caress is like affection
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| Primero y querido que siento por él
| First and dearest I feel for him
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| Madreselvas en flor que trepándose van
| Honeysuckle in bloom that climbs
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| Es su abrazo tenáz y dulzón como aquél
| It is his embrace of him tenacious and sweet like that
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| Si todos los años tus flores renacen
| If every year your flowers are reborn
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| Hace que no muera mi primer amor
| It keeps my first love from dying
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| Pasaron los años y mil desengaños
| Years passed and a thousand disappointments
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| Yo vengo a contarte mi vieja pared
| I come to tell you about my old wall
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| Así aprendí que hay que fingir
| That's how I learned that you have to pretend
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| Para vivir decentemente
| to live decently
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| Que amor y fe, mentiras son
| What love and faith, lies are
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| Y del dolor se rie la gente
| And people laugh at the pain
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| Hoy que la vida me ha castigado
| Today that life has punished me
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| Y me ha enseñado su credo amargo
| And he has taught me his bitter creed
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| Vieja pared con emoción
| old wall with emotion
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| Me acerco a vos y te digo como ayer
| I approach you and tell you like yesterday
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| Madreselvas en flor que me vieron nacer
| Honeysuckle in bloom that saw me born
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| Y en la vieja pared sorprendieron mi amor
| And on the old wall they surprised my love
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| Tu humilde caricia es como el cariño
| Your humble caress is like affection
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| Premero y querido que nunca olvidé
| First and dear that I never forgot
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| Madreselvas en flor que trepándose van
| Honeysuckle in bloom that climbs
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| Es su abrazo tenáz y dulzón como aquél
| It is his tenacious and sweet hug like that one
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| Si todos los años tus flores renacen
| If every year your flowers are reborn
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| ¿por qué ya no vuelve mi primer amor? | Why doesn't my first love come back? |