| Dime hijo mio como te ha ido
| Tell me, my son, how have you been?
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| En tu largo viaje, en tu camino
| On your long journey, on your way
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| Tanto tiempo ha pasado abuelo
| So much time has passed grandfather
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| Y por lo tanto de todo yo me acuerdo
| And therefore I remember everything
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| Conoci el mundo y ahora regreso
| I met the world and now I'm back
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| La cabeza llena de todo lo que he vivido, sufrido
| The head full of everything I have lived, suffered
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| Experimentado, y con el recuerdo de mi gente
| Experienced, and with the memory of my people
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| Siempre en mi mente presente
| Always in my present mind
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| Un futuro buscando
| a looking future
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| Sin olvidarme nunca del pasado
| Never forgetting the past
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| Vi tanta gente differente
| I saw so many different people
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| Pobres, ricos, todos son iguales
| Poor, rich, they're all the same
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| Todos quieren poder
| everybody wants power
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| Los gatos quieren comer leones
| cats want to eat lions
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| Pocos tienen los ojos abiertos, bien, bien!
| Few have their eyes open, well, well!
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| No quieren ver, se esconden
| They don't want to see, they hide
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| Por eso en un mundo de ciegos los tuertos de reyes se visten
| That is why in a world of the blind, the one-eyed kings dress
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| El hombre quema los bosques, escupe a los mares
| The man burns the forests, spits into the seas
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| Insulta su propia madre!
| He insults his own mother about him!
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| Matrata la tierra, gasta y malgasta
| Kill the earth, spend and waste
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| Del rio las aguas, ja!
| From the river the waters, ha!
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| Si trabajas tu eres un esclavo
| If you work you are a slave
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| Si no trabajas no vales ni un centavo
| If you don't work you're not worth a dime
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| Esta es la logica de la economia esquizofrenica
| This is the logic of schizophrenic economics
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| Que te sofoca, te mortifica
| That suffocates you, mortifies you
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| Tratar de que te creas que todo lo que brilla es oro
| Try to make you believe that all that glitters is gold
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| Este es su objetivo!
| This is your goal!
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| Darte cada dia una limosna pa' que te calles la boca
| Give you alms every day so that you shut your mouth
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| Y te quedes bien pasivo!
| And stay very passive!
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| Abuelo la libertad tiene sus cadenas
| Grandpa freedom has its chains
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| Tiene su precio, tiene su peso
| It has its price, it has its weight
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| En oro plata y monedas
| In gold silver and coins
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| El corazon del hombre es un solo corazon
| The heart of man is one heart
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| En tu largo viaje, en tu camino
| On your long journey, on your way
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| Tiene su misterio y su complicacion
| It has its mystery and its complication
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| En tu largo viaje, en tu camino
| On your long journey, on your way
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| Tantas estrellas brillan, te acompañan, siempre estan contigo
| So many stars shine, they accompany you, they are always with you
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| En tu largo viaje, en tu camino
| On your long journey, on your way
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| Caminante no hay camino
| walker there is no path
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| Se hace camino al andar
| The path is made by walking
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| En tu largo viaje, en tu camino
| On your long journey, on your way
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| En tu camino
| In your way
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| En tu camino
| In your way
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| En tu camino
| In your way
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| En tu camino | In your way |