Percal

Percal

Percal

Percal...Percal...
Do you remember the hassle?¿Te acuerdas del percal?
You were fifteen years old,Tenias quince abriles,
longing to suffer and love,anhelos de sufrir y amar,
to go downtown, succeedde ir al centro, triunfar
and forget the hassle.y olvidar el percal.
Percal...Percal...
On the road to hassle,Camino del percal,
you left your home...te fuiste de tu casa...
Maybe we got it wrong.Tal vez nos enteramos mal.
All I know is in the endSolo se que al final
you forgot the hassle.te olvidaste el percal.

Youth has gone...La juventud se fue...
Your home is no longer there...Tu casa ya no está...
And in the past lying aroundY en el ayer tirados
have remainedse han quedado
intimidatedacobardados
your hassle and my past.tu percal y mi pasado.
Youth has gone...La juventud se fue...
I no longer expect...Yo ya no espero más...
Better to leave lostMejor dejar perdidos
the longings that have not been fulfilledlos anhelos que no han sido
and the calico dress.y el vestido de percal.

Cry...Llorar...
Why are you going to cry?...¿Por qué vas a llorar?...
Haven't you lived,¿Acaso no has vivido,
haven't you learned to love,acaso no aprendiste a amar,
to suffer, to wait,a sufrir, a esperar,
and also to be silent?y también a callar?
Percal...Percal...
It's just hassle...Son cosas del percal...
Knowing that you're sufferingSaber que estás sufriendo
knowing you'll suffer even moresaber que sufrirás aún más
and knowing that in the endy saber que al final
you didn't forget the hassle.no olvidaste el percal.
Percal...Percal...
Sorrows of the hassle.Tristezas del percal.