| Hay hombres que luchan un día
| There are men who fight one day
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| Y son buenos
| and they are good
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| Hay otros que luchan un año
| There are others who fight a year
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| Y son mejores
| and they are better
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| Hay quienes luchan muchos años
| There are those who fight for many years
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| Y son muy buenos
| and they are very good
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| Pero hay los que luchan toda la vida:
| But there are those who struggle all their lives:
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| Esos son los imprescindibles
| Those are the essentials.
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| Bertolt brecht
| Bertolt Brecht
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| Sueño con serpientes, con serpientes de mar
| I dream of snakes, of sea serpents
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| Con cierto mar, ay, de serpientes sueño yo
| With a certain sea, oh, I dream of snakes
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| Largas, transparentes, y en sus barrigas llevan
| Long, transparent, and in their bellies they carry
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| Lo que puedan arrebatarle al amor
| What they can take away from love
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| Oh, la mato y aparece una mayor
| Oh, I kill her and an older one appears
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| Oh, con mucho más infierno en digestión
| Oh, hell with much digestion
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| No quepo en su boca, me trata de tragar
| I don't fit in her mouth, she tries to swallow me
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| Pero se atora con un trébol de mi sien
| But she gets stuck with a clover from my temple
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| Creo que está loca; | I think she's crazy; |
| le doy de masticar
| I give him to chew
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| Una paloma y la enveneno de mi bien
| A pigeon and I poison it for my sake
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| Ésta al fin me engulle, y mientras por su esófago
| This one finally engulfs me, and while down her esophagus
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| Paseo, voy pensando en qué vendrá
| Walk, I'm thinking about what she will come
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| Pero se destruye cuando llego a su estómago
| But she destroys when I get to her stomach
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| Y planteo con un verso una verdad | And I pose a truth with a verse |