Moneda de Cobre

Copper Coin

Moneda de Cobre

Your old man was a blond, drunk, and shadyTu padre era rubio, borracho y malevo,
Your mama was black with lips so boldtu madre era negra con labios malvón.
Mulatto, born with eyes so blueMulata naciste con ojos de cielo
And hair so black, like coaly mota en el pelo de negro carbón.
You grew up in the mud of a poor neighborhoodCreciste entre el lodo de un barrio muy pobre,
Turned twenty in a cabaretcumpliste veinte años en un cabaret.
Now they call you a copper coinY ahora te llaman moneda de cobre
'Cause old and sad, you're worth so littleporque vieja y triste muy poco valés.

Copper coinMoneda de cobre,
I know you were beautiful onceyo sé que ayer fuiste hermosa;
With your pink wingsyo con tus alas de rosa
I saw you fly, butterflyte vi volar mariposa
And then I saw you fally después te vi caer...
Mud coinMoneda de fango,
You danced the tango so well¡Qué bien bailabas el tango!...
How lovely you were back thenQué linda estabas entonces,
Like a bronze queencomo una reina de bronce,
At the 'Folies Berger'allá en el "Folies Berger".

That sad neighborhood of mud and tinAquel barrio triste de barro y de latas
Just like your life disappearedigual que tu vida desapareció...
Twenty years have passed, dear mulattoPasaron veinte años, querida mulata,
Your parents are gone, the streetlight's dimno existen tus padres, no existe el farol.
Maybe on the corner you'll stay lostQuizás en la esquina te quedes perdida
Looking for the house where you were bornbuscando la casa que te vio nacer;
Keep going, don't stop, don't show the woundseguí, no te pares, no muestres la herida...
Don't cry, mulatto, what's the use!No llores mulata, total, ¡para qué!