La Vieja Esa

That Old Lady

La Vieja Esa

I met her in an unexpected wayLa conoci de una manera inesperada
since life brings many surprisesya que la vida trae bastantes sorpresas
a very experienced womanuna mujer bien experimentada
who has me spinning my headque me tiene dandole vueltas a la cabeza
I know her years and her story are interestingse que sus años y su historia es interesante

My God, I wish stories nowadays were like those from beforeDios mio ojala las historias de ahora fueran como las de antes
even though they get fixed, made up, and adjustedigual se arreglan, se maquillan se acomodan y
they look beautiful without caring about fashionse ven bellas sin importarles la moda

She seems to have stayed in timeesa que parece que se ha quedado en el tiempo
she was a young girl who also had her momentfue una jovencita que tambien tuvo su momento
ohhhhhhohhhhhh
and now it shows on her facey ahora se le ve en la cara
that wear and tear got to herque el desglose se le pudo
she has a few gray hairstiene alguna que otra cana
and the same face of achieving what she couldn'ty la misma cara de lograr lo que no pudo
but she keeps her hopepero mantiene su esperanza
she has followed her pathha seguido su camino
trying to recover what one dayintentar recuperar lo que un día
changed her destiny when she was youngde joven le cambió el destino

Everyone criticizes herTodos la critican
but I admire her beautypero yo admiro su belleza
There goes that old ladyA ya va la vieja esa

Everyone criticizes herTodos la critican
but I admire her beautypero yo admiro su belleza
they call her that old ladyla llaman la vieja esa

She is an actress livingEs una actriz que esta viviendo
the theater of such a normal worldel teatro de un mundo tan normal
she is very happy, spent her yearses muy feliz paso sus años
thinking about otherspensando en los demás

If it's true that years weighSi es cierto que los años pesen
I feel it's never too late if happiness comesyo siento que nunca es tarde si la dicha llega
But she has realizedPero ha caido en cuenta
she remembers that sayingse acuerda de aquel refrán
everyone who falls asleeptodo el que se queda dormido
by the riverbanka la orilla de un río
gets eaten by a caimanse lo come un caimán