El Quirofano

The Operating Room

El Quirofano

In that corner where she always wasEn aquella esquina donde estaba siempre
In the dark nightEn la obscura noche
With burning sorrowCon la pena ardiente
Men passed by in drovesLos hombres cruzaban todos en escala
And even boasted they were good customers.Y hasta presumían que eran buenos clientes.

She smiled with a sad lookElla sonreía con triste mirada
And left in the early hoursY se retiraba en las madrugadas
When she had enough to feed meCuando ya tenia con que alimentarme
At dawnAl amanecer

And the neighbors laughed heartilyY los vecinos reían a carcajadas
Seeing her skin painted a little wornAl ver su piel pintada un poco demacrada
But determined and even with all her mightPero enclavada y aunque a capa y espada
Holding everything by my side gave me much loveAsiendo a lado todo me daba mucho amor

Days passed, years passedPasaban los días pasaban los años
And I already knew it was a sinY yo ya sabia que era un pecado
And I wore fine shoes and a shirtY yo usaba fino calzado y camisa
And my pants well put togetherY mis pantalones bien arrejuntados

But I couldn't go on any longerPero no podía seguir por más tiempo
Because those nights tormented mePorque aquellas noches me daban tormento
And I felt sorry that I found herY me daba pena que yo la encontrara
Selling her loveVendiendo su amor

And she was my mother, that's why I became a doctorY era mi madre por eso fui y soy medico
But great is my sorrow, she was very illPero grande es mi pena estaba muy enferma
And in the operating room where I always operateYen el quirófano donde siempre opero
She fell asleep asking me for a kissSe me quedo dormida pidiéndome un beso