| Las tardecitas de Buenos Aires tiene ese que se yo, viste?
| The afternoons of Buenos Aires have that what do I know, did you see?
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| Salgo de casa por Arenales, lo de siempre en la calle y en mi
| I leave home through Arenales, the usual on the street and in my
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| Cuando de repente, detras de ese arbol, se aparece el
| When suddenly, behind that tree, the
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| Mezcla rara de penúltimo linyera y de primer polizonte
| Rare mix of Penultimate Hooligan and First Cop
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| En el viaje a Venus. | On the journey to Venus. |
| Medio melon en la cabeza
| Half a melon on the head
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| Las rayas de la camisa pintadas en la piel
| The stripes of the shirt painted on the skin
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| Dos medias suelas clavadas en los pies
| Two half soles nailed to the feet
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| Y una banderita de taxi libre en cada mano… Ja…ja…ja…ja…
| And a free taxi flag in each hand… Ha…ha…ha…ha…
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| Parece que solo yo lo veo, porque el pasa entre la gente
| It seems that only I see him, because he passes between the people
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| Y los maniquies me guiñan, los semaforos me dan tres luces celestes
| And the mannequins wink at me, the traffic lights give me three celestial lights
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| Y las naranjas del frutero de la esquina me tiran azahares
| And the oranges from the greengrocer on the corner throw me orange blossoms
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| Y así medio bailando, medio volando
| And so half dancing, half flying
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| Se saca el melon, me saluda, me regala una banderita
| He takes out the melon, greets me, gives me a little flag
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| Y me dice adios
| and he says goodbye
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| (Cantado)
| (Sung)
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| Ya se que estoy piantao, piantao, piantao
| I know I'm piantao, piantao, piantao
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| No ves que va la luna rodando por Callao
| Can't you see that the moon is rolling around Callao
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| Y un coro de astronautas y niños con un vals
| And a choir of astronauts and children with a waltz
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| Me baila alrededor…
| He dances around me...
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| Ya se que estoy piantao, piantao, piantao
| I know I'm piantao, piantao, piantao
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| Yo miro a Buenos Aires del nido de un gorrion;
| I look at Buenos Aires from the nest of a sparrow;
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| Y a vos te vi tan triste; | And I saw you so sad; |
| veni, vola, senti el loco berretin
| Come, fly, I felt the crazy berretin
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| Que tengo para vos
| What do I have for you?
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| Loco, loco, loco, cuando anochezca en tu porteña soledad
| Crazy, crazy, crazy, when night falls in your Buenos Aires loneliness
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| Por la ribera de tu sabana vendre con un poema
| By the shore of your savannah I will come with a poem
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| Y un torombon a desvelar el corazón
| And a torombon to reveal the heart
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| Loco, loco, loco, como un acrobata demente saltare
| Crazy, crazy, crazy, like an insane acrobat I'll jump
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| Sobre el abismo de tu escote hasta sentir
| Over the abyss of your neckline until you feel
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| Que enloqueci tu corazón de libertad, ya vas a ver
| That I drove your heart crazy with freedom, you're going to see
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| (Recitado)
| (Recitation)
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| Y así el loco me convida a andar
| And so the madman invites me to walk
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| En su ilusión super-sport
| In his illusion of him super-sport
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| Y vamos a correr por las cornisas
| And we'll run off the ledges
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| Con una golondrina por motor
| With a swallow for a motor
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| De Vieytes nos aplauden. | De Vieytes applaud us. |
| Viva, viva…
| Live live…
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| Los locos que inventaron el amor;
| The madmen who invented love;
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| Y un angel y un soldado y una niña
| And an angel and a soldier and a girl
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| Nos dan un valsecito bailador
| They give us a dancing waltz
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| Nos sale a saludar la gente linda
| The beautiful people come out to greet us
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| Y loco pero tuyo, que se yo, loco mio
| And crazy but yours, what do I know, my crazy
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| Provoca campanarios con su risa
| He provokes bell towers with his laughter
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| Y al fin, me mira y canta a media voz:
| And finally, he looks at me and sings in a low voice:
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| (Cantado)
| (Sung)
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| Quereme asi, piantao, piantao, piantao…
| Love me like this, piantao, piantao, piantao...
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| Trepate a esta ternura de loco que hay en mi
| Climb this crazy tenderness that is in me
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| Ponete esta peluca de alondra y vola, vola conmigo ya:
| Put on this lark wig and fly, fly with me now:
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| Veni, quereme así piantao, piantao, piantao
| Come, love me like this piantao, piantao, piantao
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| Abrite los amores que vamos a intentar la tragica locura
| Open the loves that we are going to try the tragic madness
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| Total de revivir, veni, vola, veni, tra… lala…lara… | Total revive, come, fly, come, tra… lala… lara… |