| ¡como!
| What!
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| Voy a cantarle a un amigo que nunca me exige
| I'm going to sing to a friend who never demands me
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| Porqué es fiel a mi sin pedirme nada
| Because he is faithful to me without asking me for anything
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| Yo quiero con este mi canto realzar su nobleza
| I want with this my song to enhance its nobility
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| Lo digo de corazóny en su presencia
| I say it from my heart and in your presence
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| Porqué en aquellos momentos
| why in those moments
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| Mas crítico de mi vida
| Most critical of my life
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| El ha sido mi esperanza como Dios
| He has been my hope as God
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| El es mi guía
| He's my guide
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| Mi bajo y yo somos dos en uno Mi bajo y yo
| My bass and I are two in one My bass and I
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| Pero mi bajo y yo somos como hermanos Mi bajo y yo
| But my bass and I are like brothers My bass and I
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| Son tantas las intrigas que he sufrido
| There are so many intrigues that I have suffered
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| Que a mi lado siempre firme mi fiel amigo
| May my faithful friend always sign by my side
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| Porqué siempre me ha demostrado
| Because he has always shown me
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| La lealtad que en el he buscado
| The loyalty that I have sought in him
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| La he encontrado en el a mi lado, mi bajo y yo
| I have found her in him by my side, my bass and I
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| Aquellos que me critican testigos son
| Those who criticize me witnesses are
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| Que con la mejor madera se hace el bastón
| That the cane is made with the best wood
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| Sin embargo lo han ignorado
| Yet they have ignored
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| De madera es mi gran aliado
| Made of wood is my great ally
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| Yo con el nunca he fracasado, mi bajo y yo
| I have never failed with him, my bass and I
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| Sa-ba-ra-pan-pa-ra, pan-pa, pan-pa
| Sa-ba-ra-pan-pa-ra, pan-pa, pan-pa
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| Sa-ba, pam-pa
| Sa-ba, pam-pa
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| Voy comenzando por decirte una cosa
| I'm starting by telling you one thing
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Ese flaco barrigón con cuatro cuerdas es mi amigo
| That skinny paunch with four strings is my friend
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Oye…
| Hey…
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| Y yo, y yo, y yo por ese camino sigo
| And I, and I, and I follow that path
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Siempre, siempre ha sidomi testigo
| Always, always has been my witness
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Que aquellos por maldad mira se meten conmigo
| That those out of evil look mess with me
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Lo tiro pa’ca, lo halo pa’lla y no se enfada conmigo
| I throw him pa'ca, halo pa'lla and he doesn't get mad at me
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Oye mira si, si pero que ese es mi amigo ah, ah
| Hey look yes, yes but that's my friend ah, ah
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| Oooooooye esta hecho de madera no de trigo
| Oooooooye it's made of wood not wheat
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Que cuando salgo de viaje siempre lo desafío
| That when I go on a trip I always challenge him
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Para que no se me rompa siempre, viaja, viaja conmigo
| So that it doesn't always break, travel, travel with me
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| Ese es mi amigo x4
| That's my friend x4
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Ay cosa buena, que si, que si, que si te lo digo…
| Oh, good thing, yes, yes, yes, I tell you...
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Oye cuando estoy cantando y halando la cuerda me lo pego al ombligo
| Hey when I'm singing and pulling the string I stick it to my navel
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Para que vea cosa buena mira que ese, ese es mi amigo
| To see a good thing, look at that, that's my friend
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| Ese es mi amigo
| That's my friend
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| Si, si… se acabó…
| Yes, yes... it's over...
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| Llévatelo | Take it away |