Tiempos Viejos

Old Times

Tiempos Viejos

Do you remember, brother? Those old times!¿Te acordás, hermano? ¡qué tiempos aquellos!
They were different men, more manly than oursEran otros hombres, más hombres los nuestros
Cocaine wasn't known, nor morphine,No se conocía cocó, ni morfina,
The boys back then didn't use hair gel.Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina.

Do you remember, brother? Those old times!¿Te acordás, hermano? ¡qué tiempos aquellos!
Twenty-five years that won't come back!¡Veinticinco abriles que no volverán!
Twenty-five years! To have them back!¡Veinticinco abriles! ¡volver a tenerlos!
When I remember, I start to cry!¡Si cuando me acuerdo, me pongo a llorar!

Where are the boys from back then?¿Dónde están los muchachos de entonces?
Old gang from yesterday, where are they?Barra antigua de ayer ¿dónde está?
You and I are the only ones left, brother,Yo y vos solos quedamos, hermano,
You and I alone to remember...Yo y vos solos para recordar...

Where are those women,¿Dónde están las mujeres aquellas,
Faithful ladies, with big hearts,Minas fieles, de gran corazón,
Who fought in Laura's dances,Que en los bailes de laura peleaban
Each one defending their love?Cada cual defendiendo su amor?

Do you remember, brother, the blonde Mireya¿Te acordás, hermano, la rubia mireya
That I took from Hansen's, from crazy Cepeda?Que quité en lo de hansen, al loco cepeda?
I almost killed myself one night for her...¡Casi me suicido una noche por ella...
And now she's a poor ragged beggar!Y hoy es una pobre mendiga harapienta!

Do you remember, brother, how beautiful she was?¿Te acordás, hermano, lo linda que era?
A circle formed to watch her dance...Se formaba rueda pa´ verla bailar...
When I see her so old in the street,Cuando por la calle la veo tan vieja
I turn my head and start to cry...Doy vuelta la cara y me pongo a llorar...