| Nací para ser milonga
| I was born to be a milonga
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| Así por la vida voy
| That's how I go through life
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| Donde un bandoneón rezonga
| Where a bandoneon grumbles
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| Yo prendida siempre estoy
| I'm always on
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| Milonga, nací milonga
| Milonga, I was born a milonga
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| Y he de morir como soy
| And I have to die as I am
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| No sé lo que es el cariño
| I don't know what love is
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| Ni sé lo que es el sufrir
| I don't even know what suffering is
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| Ningún metejón profundo
| No deep fuck
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| A mí me ha de corregir
| You have to correct me
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| Milonga yo vine al mundo
| Milonga I came to the world
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| Y milonga he de morir
| And milonga I have to die
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| Ayer amor me pediste
| yesterday love you asked me
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| Pero ya estamos en hoy
| But we are already in today
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| Y no duró nunca tanto
| And it never lasted that long
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| El amor que a un hombre doy
| The love that I give to a man
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| Y hoy digo: basta, y me planto
| And today I say: enough, and I stand up
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| Como milonga que soy
| As milonga that I am
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| Yo quiero vivir mi vida
| I want to live my life
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| Como el pájaro cantor
| like the songbird
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| No me atan ni con cadenas
| They don't even tie me with chains
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| A la cincha del amor
| To the cinch of love
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| Milonga, largá las penas
| Milonga, release the sorrows
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| Que así s vive mejor
| That way you live better
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| Afirman que si stá suelto
| They claim that if it is loose
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| Lo más bien se lame el buey
| The best thing is to lick the ox
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| No admito que se me oponga
| I do not admit that you oppose me
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| Dueño, ni patrón, ni rey
| Owner, neither boss, nor king
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| Milonga, nací milonga
| Milonga, I was born a milonga
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| Y he de morir en mi ley | And I have to die in my law |