Amores Viejos

Old Loves

Amores Viejos

Those veteran chicksEsas minas veteranas
who never complained,que nunca la protestaban,
were content without eatingsin morfar se conformaban
even if the hunger bit;aunque picara el buyón;
living in a hovel,viviendo así en un cotorro,
having a tough life,pasando vida fulera,
with a poor womancon una pobre catrera
who lacked a mattress.que le faltaba el colchón.

How many times the bitter mateCuántas veces el mate amargo
duped the stomach,al estómago engrupía,
and many days went byy pasaban muchos días
without anything to eat;sin que hubiera pa' morfar;
the poor woman was the comfortla catrera era el consuelo
in those bitter moments,de esos ratos de amargura,
that due to misfortuneque a causa e' la mishiadura
had to be endured.se tenían que pasar.

Those chicks no longer existYa no existen esas minas
who were satisfiedque sólo se conformaban
with what their friend gave themcon lo que'l amigo les daba
being a true friend;siendo amigo de verdá;
today they only want dresseshoy sólo quieren vestidos
and very rich jewels,y riquísimas alhajas,
a carriage with a low topcoche de capota baja
for a ride around the city.pa' pasear por la ciudá.