Consejo De Oro Lyrics in English Héctor Lavoe
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Consejo De Oro by Héctor Lavoe from Spanish to English.
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Yo era un muchachito cuando murió mi viejo
I was a little boy when my old man died
Fue tanta la miseria que mi viejita y yo
There was so much misery that my old lady and I
Comíamos llorando el pan mugriente y duro
We ate the filthy and hard bread crying.
Que horas de miseria mi mano mendigó
What hours of misery my hand begged
Mi pobre viejecita lavando ropa ajena
My poor old lady washing other people's clothes
Quebraba su espinazo al pie del tinajon
He broke his spine at the foot of the tinajon
Por míseras monedas con qué calmar las penas
For miserable coins with which to calm the sorrows
Las crueles amarguras de nuestra situación
The cruel bitterness of our situation
Fui creciendo a la bartola y en mis años juveniles
I grew up to the bartola and in my younger years
Agarré por el camino que mejor me pareció
I took the path that seemed best to me
Me codié con milongueras me acodé con copetines
I coded with milongueras I lay down with copetines
Y el mejor de mis amigos cuando pudo me vendió
And the best of my friends when he could sold me
Engreído me hice el guapo y me encerraron entre rejas
Conceited I became handsome and locked up behind bars
Y de preso ni un amigo me ha venido a visitar
And as a prisoner not a friend has come to visit me
Sólo el rostro demacrado y adorado de mi vieja
Only the haggard and adored face of my old woman
Se aplastó contra las rejas para poderme besar
He crushed himself against the bars so he could kiss me.
Por eso compañeros con tantos desengaños
That's why comrades with so many disappointments
No me convence nadie con frases de amistad
Nobody convinces me with phrases of friendship
Y hoy vivo con mi madre quiero endulzar sus años
And today I live with my mother I want to sweeten her years
Y quiero hacer dichosa su noble ancianidad
And I want to make his noble old age blissful.
Me siento tan alegre junto, junto a mi madrecita
I feel so happy together, next to my little mother.
Que es el mejor cariño que tiene el corazón
What is the best affection that the heart has
Ese si que es un cariño que nadie me lo quita
That if it is an affection that nobody takes it away from me
Cariño que no engaña ni sabe de traición
Affection that does not deceive or know about betrayal
A usted amigo que es tan joven
To you friend who is so young
Le daré un consejo de oro deje farras y milongas
I'll give you a golden advice let farras and milongas
Que jamás le han de pesar cuide mucho a su viejita
That they never have to weigh you take great care of your old lady
Que la madre es un tesoro un tesoro que al perderlo
That the mother is a treasure a treasure that when losing it
Otro igual no encontrará
Another equal will not find
Y no haga como aquellos que se gastan en placeres
And don't do like those who spend on pleasures
Y se olvidan de la madre ni le importa su dolor
And they forget about the mother or care about her pain.
Que la matan a disgusto y recién cuando se muere,
That they kill her unwillingly and only when she dies,
Se arrepienten y le lloran, no comprenden su valor
They repent and mourn him, they don't understand his value
¡Su valor!
Its value!
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