Parao

Standing Up

Parao

Some see the light at the end of their tunnelHay quien ve la luz al final de su tunel
And build a new tunnel, so as not to see,Y construye un nuevo tunel, pa´ no ver,
And they stay in the dark, and they consume themselves,Y se queda entre lo oscuro, y se consume,
Regretting what never came to be.Lamentando lo que nunca llegó a ser.
I wasn't the best example and I admit it,Yo no fui el mejor ejemplo y te lo admito,
It's easy to judge the night the next day;Fácil es juzgar la noche al otro día;
But I was sincere, and that I shout out,Pero fui sincero, y éso sí lo grito,
That I have never mortgaged my soul!Que yo nunca he hipotecado al alma mía!
If I have lived standing up, oh bury me standing up;Si yo he vivido parao, ay que me entierren parao;
If I paid the price that the one who doesn't live on his knees pays!Si pagué el precio que paga el que no vive arrodillao!
Life has rubbed me down, but it has never ironed me.La vida me ha restregao, pero jamás me ha planchao.
In good times and bad, I go with my teeth bared!En la buena y en la mala, voy con los dientes pelaos!
Smiling and standing: always standing up!Sonriendo y de pie: siempre parao!

Misfortunes strengthen the feelingLas desgracias hacen fuerte al sentimiento
If it assimilates every blow it has endured.Si asimila cada golpe que ha aguantao.
Memory becomes a sustenance,La memoria se convierte en un sustento,
Celebrating every river that has been crossed.Celebrando cada rio que se ha cruzao.
I wonder, how can one believe they are alive,Me pregunto, cómo puede creerse vivo,
The one who exists to blame others?El que existe pa´ culpar a los demás?
Let them be silent and get out of the way,Que se calle y que se salga del camino,
And let the rest of the world walk!Y que deje al resto del mundo caminar!
They bury me standing up.A mí me entierran parao.
Oh, bury me standing up!Ay, que me entierren parao!
There I leave you my smile and all that they have taken from me.Ahí te dejo mi sonrisa y todo lo que me han quitao.
What I lost I haven't cried over, if I have lived abundantly,Lo que perdí no he llorao, si yo he vivido sobrao,
Giving thanks for the thingsDando gracias por las cosas
That I have found on the road.Que en la ruta me he encontrao.
Adding and subtracting in my own flesh,Sumo y resto en carne propia,
Embraced by my conscience.De mi conciencia abrazao.
Standing up! even if I have made mistakes,Parao! aunque me haya equivocao,

Even if they have pointed fingers at me,Aunque me hayan señalao,
Standing up! soaked in moonwater,Parao! en agua de luna mojao,
Enjoying the memory of the rivers I have crossed,Disfrutando la memoria de los rios que he cruzao,
Even if I almost drowned, I continue standing up!Aunque casi me haya ahogao, sigo parao!

Standing up!Parao!