Historia

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Historia

I didn't think that my lifeYo no pensé que mi vida
I was going to be happy, I was going to be happyIba a ser alegre, iba a ser feliz
When I started living itCuando comencé a vivirla
My dear father walked away from meMi padre querido se alejó de mí

He walked away and left me aloneSe marchó y me dejó solo
Together with my mother, I had to sufferJunto con mi madre, me tocó sufrir
Passing thousands of jobsPasando miles trabajos
But it's never too late, now I'm happyPero nunca es tarde, ahora soy feliz

and before leavingY antes de irse
My good father bought an accordionMi buen padre compró un acordeón
So that my brotherPa' que mi hermano
Someday I would learn to interpret itAlgún día aprendiera a interpretarla

But you knowPero ya saben
That my little brother never learnedQue mi hermanito nunca aprendió
and I learnedY aprendí yo
And the vallenato grew in my soulY creció el vallenato en mi alma

I started staying up late as a childComencé a trasnochar desde muy niño
Because since I was a child I learned to workPorque desde niño aprendí a trabajar
I had a party with my friendsLe tocaba parranda a mis amigos
Some paid me with loveAlgunos me pagaban con cariño
And others gave me what they wanted to give meY otros me daban lo que me querían dar

I started earning a few centsComencé a ganarme unos centavitos
But my old lady wouldn't let me comePero mi vieja no me dejaba llegar
And I hid money in another pocketY yo escondía plata en otro bolsillo
I wanted to keep a few centsQuería quedarme con unos centavitos
But mom knew how to search mePero mamá me sabía requisar

It made me angry, it left me cleanMe daba rabia, me dejaba limpio
I was very young and I couldn't thinkYo era muy niño y no podía pensar
That my old lady, all those pesosQue mi viejita, todos esos pesitos
I was going to spend them on foodEn la comida los iba a gastar
For me, for her and for my little brothersPa' mí, pa' ella y pa' mi hermanitos
When dad wanted to leaveCuando papá se quiso marchar

My father has not been badMi padre no ha sido malo
Even though one day he just left meA pesar que un día solo me dejó
Not because I wanted itNo porque lo haya deseado
That's how life is, that's how love isEs que así es la vida, así es el amor

He fell in love with anotherÉl se enamoró de otra
And he left my mother, I don't blame himY dejó a mi madre, no lo culpo yo
Because one thinks one thingPorque uno piensa una cosa
And the heart feels very differentlyY otra muy distinta siente el corazón

He was not going to abandon his good childrenÉl no pensaba abandonar a sus hijos buenos
It didn't cross his mind to have another homeNo le pasaba por la mente tener otro hogar
But a new love came to his soul and stayedPero a su alma le llegó y se quedó un amor nuevo
And that killed my dreams of charging againY eso mataba mis sueños de volverme a cargar

Because when I was littlePorque cuando yo estaba pequeñito
I always saw him arrive from workSiempre del trabajo lo veía llegar
And he ran like a madmanY salía corriendo como un loquito
In search of my dear old manEn busca de mi querido viejito
With open arms, I used to waitCon los brazos abiertos, me solía esperar

Those beautiful moments are goneYa se fueron esos momentos lindos
They're gone, they'll never come backYa se fueron, nunca volverán jamás
In the afternoons, I would wait for my old manPor las tardes, iba a esperar a mi viejito
It was getting dark and he hadn't appearedSe hacía de noche y no había aparecido
I couldn't stand it anymore and I started cryingMás no aguantaba y me ponía a llorar

That's why I ask all parentsPor eso le pido a todos los padres
Don't let your children be left like thisQue a sus hijos no los dejen así
Because that is a very great sufferingPorque ese es un sufrimiento muy grande
I tell you, because I lived itSe los digo, porque yo lo viví
And suddenly God can punishY de pronto Dios puede castigar
To parents who behave like thisA los padres que se portan así