Chiquilín de Bachín

Little Bachín

Chiquilín de Bachín

At night, dirty facesPor las noches, caras sucias
of a little angel in jeans,de angelito con bluyín,
sells roses on the tablesvende rosas en las mesas
of Bachín's bar.del boliche de Bachín.

If the moon shinesSi la luna brilla
over the grill,sobre la parilla,
he eats moon and soot bread.come luna y pan de hollín.

Every day in his sadnessCada día en su tristeza
that doesn't want to dawn,que no quiere amanecer,
he's woken up on January sixthlo madruga un seis de enero
with the star upside down,con la estrella del revés,
and three cat kingsy tres reyes gatos
steal his shoes,roban sus zapatos,
one left and the other as well!uno izquierdo y el otro ¡también!

Little one,Chiquilín,
give me a bouquet of voice,dame un ramo de voz,
so I can go out to sellasí salgo a vender
my shames in bloom,mis vergüenzas en flor,
shoot me with three rosesbaleame con tres rosas
that hurt on accountque duelan a cuenta
of the hunger I didn't understand,del hambre que no te entendí,
Little one.Chiquilín.

When the sun puts on the kidsCuando el sol pone a los pibes
learning aprons,delantales de aprender,
he learns how much zeroél aprende cuánto cero
he had left to know.le quedaba por saber.
And he looks at his mother,Y a su madre mira,
round and round,yira que te yira,
but he doesn't want to see her.pero no la quiere ver.

Every day, in the garbage,Cada día, en la basura,
with a bread and a noodle,con un pan y un tallarín,
he makes a kitese fabrica un barrilete
to leave, and he's still here!para irse ¡y sigue aquí!
He's a strange man,Es un hombre extraño,
a thousand-year-old child,niño de mil años,
whose string gets tangled inside.que por dentro le enreda el piolín.

Little one,Chiquilín,
give me a bouquet of voice,dame un ramo de voz,
so I can go out to sellasí salgo a vender
my shames in bloom.mis vergüenzas en flor.
Shoot me with three rosesBaleame con tres rosas
that hurt on accountque duelan a cuenta
of the hunger I didn't understand,del hambre que no te entendí,
Little one.Chiquilín