| Vieja ciudad de hierro
| old iron city
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| De cemento y de gente sin descanso;
| Of cement and people without rest;
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| Si algún día tu historia tiene algún remanso
| If one day your story has some backwater
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| Dejarías de ser ciudad
| You would cease to be a city
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| Con tu cuerpo maltrecho
| with your battered body
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| Por los años y culturas que han pasado
| For the years and cultures that have passed
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| Por la gente que sin ver, has albergado:
| For the people that without seeing, you have housed:
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| El otoño para ti llego forzado
| Autumn for you came forced
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| Ya que te han parado el tiempo
| Since they have stopped your time
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| Te han quitado la promesa de ser viento
| They have taken away the promise of being wind
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| Te han quebrado las entrañas y el silencio
| They have broken your insides and your silence
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| Ha volado como un ave sin aliento
| Has flown like a breathless bird
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| Se ha marchado lejos
| She has gone away
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| Tu sonrisa clara y en tus azulejos
| Your smile clear and on your tiles
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| Han morado colores que son añejos
| They have purple colors that are vintage
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| Y ahora ya no brillan más
| And now they don't shine anymore
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| Capital de mil formas
| Capital of a thousand forms
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| De recuerdos que se mueren entre el polvo
| Of memories that die in the dust
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| De tus carros, de tus fábricas y gentes
| Of your cars, of your factories and people
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| Que se hacinan y tu muerte no la sienten
| That they are overcrowded and they don't feel your death
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| ¿Qué harás con la violencia
| What will you do with the violence
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| De tus tardes y tus noches en tus calles?
| Of your afternoons and your nights in your streets?
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| Y tus parques y edificios coloniales
| And your parks and colonial buildings
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| Convertidos en veloces ejes viales
| Converted into fast road axes
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| Ya que te han parado el tiempo
| Since they have stopped your time
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| Te han quitado la promesa de ser viento
| They have taken away the promise of being wind
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| Te han quebrado las entrañas y el silencio
| They have broken your insides and your silence
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| Ha volado como un ave sin aliento
| Has flown like a breathless bird
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| Se ha marchado lejos
| has gone away
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| Tu sonrisa clara y en tus azulejos
| Your smile clear and on your tiles
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| Han morado colores que son añejos
| They have purple colors that are vintage
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| Y ahora ya no brillan más | And now they don't shine anymore |