Always Lift Him Up/kanaka Wai Wai

Siempre levántalo/kanaka Wai Wai

Always Lift Him Up/kanaka Wai Wai

Cuando un tipo tiene el bajón y se siente desanimadoWhen a fellow has the blues and feels discouraged
Y no hay más que problemas en su vidaAnd there's nothing else but trouble all his life
Cuando siempre se queja y nunca es felizWhen he's always grumbled at and never happy
Viviendo con una esposa regañona y molestaLiving with a scolding, aggravating wife
Si está harto de la vida y recurre a la bebidaIf he's sick and tired of life and takes to drinking
No lo ignores, no lo saludes con ceño fruncidoDo not pass him by, don't greet him with a frown
No dejes de tenderle una mano e intentar ayudarloDo not fail to lend a hand and try to help him
Siempre levántalo y nunca lo derribesAlways lift him up and never knock him down

Si sale tarde por la noche porque está preocupadoIf he stays out late at night because he's worried
Y porque su hogar no es lo que debería serAnd because his home is not what it should be
Sonríele cada vez que lo encuentresHave a smile for him whenever you should meet him
Le ayudaría de la manera correcta, ¿no lo ves?It would help him just the right way, don't you see
Si apuesta cuando está en la ciudadIf he gambles when he's in the town or city
Dile lo que debería hacer para ganar la coronaTell him what he ought to do to gain the crown
Extiende una mano y no dejes de mostrarle compasiónLend a hand and do not fail to show him pity
Siempre levántalo y nunca lo derribesAlways lift him up and never knock him down

Si no puede pagar sus deudas y se siente disgustadoIf he cannot pay his debts and feels disgusted
Si está triste y no tiene palabras que decirIf he's blue and doesn't have a word to say
Hazle saber que eres su amigo en quien puede confiarLet him know you are his friend who can be trusted
Alegraría a este solitario en su caminoIt would cheer this lonely fellow on his way
Si le resulta difícil mantener a su familiaIf he finds it hard for him to keep his family
Que una palabra amable salude su oído cuando esté cercaLet a kind word greet his ear when he's around
No digas nada que vaya en su contraDon't say anything at all to make against him
Siempre levántalo y nunca lo derribesAlways lift him up and never knock him down

Si no tiene amigos y todos están en su contraIf he has no friends and everyone's against him
Si ha fracasado en todo lo que ha intentadoIf he's failed at everything that he has tried
Intenta aliviar su carga, ayudar a llevar su pesoTry to lift his load, to help to bear his burden
Hazle saber que estás caminando a su ladoLet him know that you are walking by his side
Y si siente que todo está perdido y está cayendoAnd if he feels that all is lost, and he is falling
Intenta poner los pies de ese pobre hombre en tierra firmeTry to place that poor man's feet on solid ground
Solo recuerda que es el preciado tesoro de alguna madreJust remember he's some mother's precious darling
Siempre levántalo y nunca lo derribesAlways lift him up and never knock him down
Siempre levántaloAlways lift him