Justo El 31

Just the 31st

Justo El 31

Five days ago, crazy with joyHace cinco días, loco de contento
I live in motion like a carouselVivo en movimiento como un carrusel
She who expected to catch me off guardElla que esperaba amurarme el uno
Just on the thirty-first, I beat her to itJusto el treinta y uno, yo la madrugué
A neighbor told me, the crazy foreignerMe contó un vecino, que la gringa loca
When she saw the room without a pinCuando vio la pieza sin un alfiler
She ate the rope for hanging clothesSe morfó la soga de colgar la ropa
That was in the rush what I forgotQue fue en el apuro lo que me olvidé

It was a crazy monkey that came down from a treeEra un mono loco que bajó de un árbol
One hungry night that saw me pass byUna noche de hambre que me vio pasar
It threw me a little coconut, I, being naiveMe tiro un coquito yo que soy chicato
I fell for it in the dark and took her to the room!Me ensarte al oscuro y la lleve al bulín!
I know I entered the room and lit the candleSe que entre a la pieza y prendí la vela
I know I turned around to see her wellSe que me di vuelta para verla bien
She was so ugly that I saw her, and screamedEra tan fulera que la vi, y di un grito
Then I don't remember, I fainted!Después no me acuerdo, yo, me desmaye!

I endured her sorrow, almost four monthsLa aguante de pena, casi cuatro meses
Between the teasing of all the coffeeEntre la cargada de todo el café
They threw nuts at me, while shouting at meMe tiraban nueces, mientras me gritaban
There goes, sarrasani with the chimpanzee!Ahí va, sarrasani con el chimpancé!
Luckily the lefty, who's right-handedMenos mal que el zurdo, qu'es tipo derecho
Watered the fern when it was about to riseLe rego el helecho cuando se iba a alzar
And the double-cross of catching me off guardY la redoblona de amurarme el uno
Just on the thirty-first, I cut her off!Justo el treinta y uno se la fui a cortar!