A Letter

Una Carta

Oh, letter from Néstor!¡Oh, carta de Néstor!
What will you say to me?¿Qué me dirá?
Remembered LennysRecordada Lennys
Thinking of a thousand things, maybePensando en mil cosas quizás
Far from my friendsDistante de mis amigos
With the smoke as my witnessCon el humo por testigo
I started to write this letterEsta carta empezé a redactar

My dear, forgive meQuerida mía perdona
If I offend you by writingSi te ofendo al escribirte
But I feel so sadPero me siento muy triste
About what happened last nightPor lo que anoche pasó

I'm even regretting itHasta estoy arrepentido
And if you are tooY si acaso tu lo estás
You shouldn't cry anymoreYa no debes llorar más
You have to be braveTienes que tener valor
Because if God sends you a childPues si Dios te manda un hijo

For the love of everything, I demandPor lo más grande te exijo
That you don't give them my nameQue no le pongas mi nombre
So they won't be like mePara que no sea como yo

That they never taste liquorQue nunca pruebe licor
That they never suffer painQue nunca sufra una pena
And that they never fall in loveY que nunca se enamore
With other people's womenDe las mujeres ajenas

That they never feel resentmentQue nunca sienta rencor
That runs in my veinsQue a mí me corre en las venas
Because it's sad to bearPor que es triste soportar
This terrible sentenceEsta terrible condena

(La-la-la la-laa)(Na-ra-ra ra-raa)
(La-la-la-la-laa)(Na-ra-ra-ra-raa)

And that they never fall in loveY que nunca se enamore
With other people's womenDe las mujeres ajenas

That they never feel resentmentQue nunca sienta rencor
That runs in my veinsQue a mí me corre en las venas
Because it's sad to bearPor que es triste soportar
This terrible sentenceEsta terrible condena