Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Desde Lejos No Se Ve by Ciro Y Los Persas from Spanish to English.
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Desde lejos no se ve
You can't see it from afar
Desde lejos no se ve
You can't see it from afar
Desde lejos no se ve
You can't see it from afar
Desde lejos no se ve
You can't see it from afar
Arriba, arriba, arriba
Up up up
que se te va la vida
that your life is going
el día, el día
the day, the day
que se va la sopa
that the soup is going
ni fría, la sopa
not cold, the soup
que se te va el bondi
that the bondi is going
que la combi se va.
that the combi is leaving
Vida, la vida, la vida,
Life, life, life,
la vida embrutecida
the brutalized life
canalla, torcida
scoundrel, crooked
avanza enloquecida
goes crazy
y no hay quien la pare
and there is no one to stop it
avanza convencida
advances convinced
sobre la gran ciudad.
about the big city
Desde lejos no se ve
You can't see it from afar
Desde lejos no se ve
You can't see it from afar
Desde lejos no se ve
You can't see it from afar
Desde lejos no se ve
You can't see it from afar
La gente, la gente, la gente
The people, the people, the people
camina muy demente
walk very insane
caliente, la gente
hot people
araña que no siente
spider that doesn't feel
caliente la tumba
warm the grave
parece que este baile
it seems that this dance
es el que se baila acá.
is the one that is danced here.
Y decía, decía, decía
And said, said, said
una boquita amiga
a little friend
me gusta que diga
I like that it says
que sobran policías en la heladería
there are too many policemen in the ice cream parlor
mientras hundía en su boca
while she plunged into her mouth
la frutilla virtual.
the virtual strawberry
Cansado, porreado, cansado
Tired, beat up, tired
tirado en un costado
lying on one side
acostado, ha costado
lying down, it cost
bastante alcoholizado
pretty drunk
alisado, lisiado
smoothed, crippled
mirando cuanta pierna
looking how much leg
se quisiera mostrar.
would like to show
Y caía, y caía, y caía
And he fell, and he fell, and he fell
en la experiencia mía
in my experience
de haberte conocido
to have met you
amado y perdido
loved and lost
como a una sirena
like a mermaid
que después vuelve al mar.
which then returns to the sea.
Ah, ah... no se ve.
Ah, ah... you can't see it.
Ah, ah... no se ve.
Ah, ah... you can't see it.
Ah, ah... no se ve.
Ah, ah... you can't see it.
Ah, ah... no se ve.
Ah, ah... you can't see it.
Arriba, arriba, arriba
Up up up
que se te va la vida
that your life is going
el día se arruga
the day wrinkles
se escapa la tortuga
the turtle escapes
renga sordomuda
lame deaf-mute
atada fluorescente
fluorescent tied
la tortuga se va.
the turtle leaves
Intuyo, sospecho, arguyo
I intuit, I suspect, I argue
me dijo Perogrullo
he told me platitude
lo malo es el yuyo
the bad thing is the yuyo
lo malo es la cadencia
the bad thing is the cadence
vieja sentencia
old sentence
lo malo es que se mueva
the bad thing is that it moves
y no acostumbre avisar.
and I don't usually notify.
Desde lejos no se ve...
You can't see it from afar...
Ah, ah... no se ve...
Ah, ah... you can't see..
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