Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Tio Calambres by El Cuarteto de Nos from Spanish to English.
iba el cuarteto en la carretera
the quartet was on the road
para tranqueras a una actuación
for gates to a performance
cuando frenamo en una lombada
when we brake on a hill
y se hizo pomá la locomoción
and the locomotion became smooth
y entre los gritos desesperados
and among the desperate screams
se precisaba una transfusión
a transfusion was required
si no nos daban sangre enseguida
if they didn't give us blood right away
íbamo a cantar desde el cajón
we were going to sing from the box
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre pa la salú
who gave his blood for health
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre en la transfusión
who gave his blood in the transfusion
y yo no pue, pue, pue
and I can't, well, well
y yo ya no pue, pue, pue ni cantar
and I can't even sing anymore
el tío calambre tenía en su sangre
uncle cramp had in his blood
más alcohol que el espinillar
more alcohol than shin
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre pa la salú
who gave his blood for health
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre en la transfusión
who gave his blood in the transfusion
y a mi me contagió gonorrea
and he gave me gonorrhea
y yo ya no puedo ni orinar
and I can't even urinate anymore
tengo tanto pichí en la vejiga
I have so much pee in my bladder
en culaquier momento va a reventar
at any moment it's going to burst
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre pa la salú
who gave his blood for health
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre en la transfusión
who gave his blood in the transfusion
dále pasmao
give it a shock
y a mi me contagió arterioesclerosis
and he infected me with arteriosclerosis
que nunca más me pude acordar
that I could never remember again
de lo que seguia en la letra
of what followed in the letter
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre pa la salú
who gave his blood for health
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre en la transfusión
who gave his blood in the transfusion
y yo quedé recontra drogado
and I was drugged again
y hasta ahora no me pudo explicar
and until now he couldn't explain it to me
si el tío calambre era policía
if uncle cramp was a police officer
y de los narcos el principal
and of the drug traffickers the main one
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre pa la salú
who gave his blood for health
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre en la transfusión
who gave his blood in the transfusion
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre pa la salú
who gave his blood for health
maldito sea el tío calambre
damn uncle cramp
que dio su sangre en la transfusión
who gave his blood in the transfusion
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