El Sabio Lyrics in English Héctor Lavoe
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Sabio by Héctor Lavoe from Spanish to English.
¿Por qué te la das de sabio si yo conozco tu historia?
Why do you act like you're wise if I know your story?
Conmigo ya tú quedaste, yo sé que me tienes roña
With me you're already done, I know that you have a grudge against me
La roña que tú me tienes, nene, a mí no me mortifica
The grudge that you have against me, kid, doesn't bother me
Si el plante que tú te das lo venden en la botica
If the pose that you put on is sold at the drugstore
Déjate de tanto alarde y vive la realidad
Stop showing off so much and live reality
Ay, pues por más que tú trates el mundo no cambiará
Oh, because no matter how much you try the world won't change
Yo sé que te dicen 'Sabio', sabio, sabio tú serás
I know that they call you 'Wise', wise, wise you will be
Pero con tanta sabiduría y tú no tienes felicidad
But with so much wisdom you don't have happiness
Tú-tú-tú-tú no tienes felicidad
You-you-you-you don't have happiness
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Bembetea por aquí, bembetea por allá
You gossip around here, you gossip around there
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Oye, de sabio no tiene nada
Listen, there's nothing wise about you
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Ayer fue que me llamaste, me invitaste pa' la esquina
Yesterday you called me, you invited me to the corner
Creía que íbamo' a pelear y me saliste gallina
I thought we were gonna fight and you turned out to be a chicken
Y cuacuaraquín y cuacuaracuá
And cuacuaraquín and cuacuaracuá
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Anda y ven y dime ahora
Come on, come and tell me now
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Si te gusta la rumba o si no, no, no te gusta nada
If you like the rumba or if not, no, you don't like anything
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Bembetea y habla mucho, todo es bla-bla-bla
You gossip and talk plenty, it's all blah-blah-blah
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Por alante eres mi amigo, por atrás la puñalá'
Up front you're my friend, behind my back the stab
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Anda y vete, dile al sabio
Go on and leave, tell the wise man
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Que ya pasó su carnaval
That his carnival already passed
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Carnavalito carnavalero
Little carnival, carnival-goer
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
No tienes felicidad
You have no happiness
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Oye, de sabio no tiene nada
Listen, there's nothing wise about you
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
No te queda na-nai, na-na-na y na-nia-nia-nia
You have nothing left, na-nai, na-na-na and na-nia-nia-nia
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
No me vengas a mí con cuento
Don't come to me with stories
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Que yo me sé tu presagio
Because I already know that omen of yours
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
En la punta de los labios
On the tip of the lips
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Una flor te voy a poner y a reclamar
I'm gonna put a flower on you and claim it
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Andá
Go on
Te lo dije, que venía duro
I told you that it was coming hard
Y no lo creías
And you didn't believe it
Y no tiene felicidad
And he has no happiness
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Anda dime, dime ahora
Come on, tell me, tell me now
Es que de sabio tú tendrás
It's that of wise you'll have
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
En tu lápida te escribirán
On your tombstone they will write
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Aquí resta ahora el sabio
Here now rests the wise man
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Y dile quién sabía más
And tell him who knew more
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Y en la gloria me ha de esperar
And in glory he will have to wait for me
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Ay, pa' decirme tantas cosas
Oh, to tell me so many things
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Que a nadie le contará'
That he won't tell anybody
De sabio no tiene nada
There's nothing wise about you
Dime, ¿quién era el sabio?
Tell me, who was the wise one?
Sabio de papel, cuidado que te moja'
Paper wise man, careful, you'll get wet
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