Little Kid from Bachín

Chiquilín de Bachín

At night, dirty facesPor las noches, caras sucias
Like little angels in jeansDe angelito con bluyín
Selling roses on the tablesVende rosas en las mesas
At Bachín's barDel boliche de Bachín

If the Moon shinesSi la Luna brilla
Over the grillSobre la parilla
Eat Moon and soot-covered breadCome Luna y pan de hollín

Every day in his sadnessCada día en su tristeza
He doesn't want the dawn to breakQue no quiere amanecer
He wakes up on January sixthLo madruga un seis de enero
With the star upside downCon la estrella del revés
And three cat kingsY tres reyes gatos
Steal his shoesRoban sus zapatos
One left and the other one too!Uno izquierdo y el otro ¡también!

Little kidChiquilín
Give me a bouquet of voiceDame un ramo de voz
So I can go out and sellAsí salgo a vender
My blooming shameMis vergüenzas en flor
Hit me with three rosesBaleame con tres rosas
That hurt in paymentQue duelan a cuenta
For the hunger I didn't understandDel hambre que no te entendí
Little kidChiquilín

When the Sun dresses the kidsCuando el Sol pone a los pibes
In aprons to learnDelantales de aprender
He learns how much zeroÉl aprende cuánto cero
He still had to knowLe quedaba por saber
And he looks at his motherY a su madre mira
Spinning round and roundYira que te yira
But he doesn't want to see herPero no la quiere ver

Every dawn, in the trashCada aurora, en la basura
With a loaf and a noodleCon un pan y un tallarín
He makes a kiteSe fabrica un barrilete
To fly away! But he’s still here!Para irse ¡y sigue aquí!
He's a strange manEs un hombre extraño
A child of a thousand yearsNiño de mil años
Who’s tangled up inside with stringQue por dentro le enreda el piolín

Little kidChiquilín
Give me a bouquet of voiceDame un ramo de voz
So I can go out and sellAsí salgo a vender
My blooming shameMis vergüenzas en flor
Hit me with three rosesBaleame con tres rosas
That hurt in paymentQue duelan a cuenta
For the hunger I didn't understandDel hambre que no te entendí
Little kidChiquilín