Cambalache

Barter

Cambalache

That the world was and will be a piece of crapQue el mundo fue y sera una porqueria
I already knowYa lo se
In fifteen hundred and sixEn el quinientos seis
And in two thousand as well!Y en el dos mil también!
That there have always been thievesQue siempre ha habido chorros
Machiavellians and swindledMaquiavelos y estafaos
Happy and bitterContentos y amargaos
Values and doublesValores y dublés
But that the twentieth centuryPero que el siglo veinte
Is a displayEs un despliegue
Of insolent evilDe maldad insolente
There is no one who can deny itYa no hay quien lo niegue
We live rolled in a meringueVivimos revolcaos en un merengue
And in the same mudY en un mismo lodo
All handledTodos manoseaos

Today it turns out that it's the sameHoy resulta que es lo mismo
To be honest as a traitor!Ser derecho que traidor!
Ignorant, wise, thiefIgnorante, sabio, chorro
Generous or swindler!Generoso o estafador!
Everything is the same! Nothing is better!Todo es igual! Nada es mejor!
The same a donkeyLo mismo un burro
As a great professor!Que un gran profesor!
There are no failures or ranksNo hay aplazaos ni escalafon
The immoral have made us equalLos inmorales nos han igualao
If one lives in deceitSi uno vive en la impostura
And another steals in his ambitionY otro roba en su ambicion
It doesn't matter if it's a priestDa lo mismo que sea cura
Mattress maker, king of clubsColchonero, rey de bastos
Cheeky or stowawayCaradura o polizon

What a lack of respectQue falta de respeto
What an outrage to reason!Que atropello a la razon!
Anyone is a gentleman!Cualquiera es un señor!
Anyone is a thief!Cualquiera es un ladron!
Mixed with Stavisky goes Don BoscoMezclao con Stavisky va Don Bosco
And La MignonY La Mignon
Don Chicho and NapoleonDon Chicho y Napoleon
Carnera and San MartinCarnera y San Martin
Just like in the disrespectful shop windowIgual que en la vidriera irrespetuosa
Of the barterDe los cambalaches
Life has been mixedSe ha mezclao la vida
And wounded by a sword without a hiltY herida por un sable sin remache
You see the Bible cryingVes llorar la Biblia
Against a water heaterContra un calefon

Twentieth century, barterSiglo veinte, cambalache
Problematic and feverish!Problematico y febril!
He who doesn't cry, doesn't get fedEl que no llora, no mama
And he who doesn't hustle is a foolY el que no afana es un gil
Go ahead! Keep going!Dale nomas! Dale que va!
Because in the ovenQue alla en el horno
We will meet!Nos vamo a encontrar!
Don't think anymoreNo pienses mas
Sit on the sideSentate a un lao
Because no one caresQue a nadie importa
If you were born honestSi naciste honrao
That the one who worksQue es lo mismo el que labura
Night and day, like an oxNoche y dia, como un buey
Is the same as the one who lives off othersQue el que vive de los otros
The one who kills or the one who curesQue el que mata o el que cura
Or is outside the lawO esta fuera de la ley