Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Piraña by Héctor Lavoe from Spanish to English.
Intro
'Que es lo que pasa que el piso no arranca
What's happening that the floor doesn't start
mujer sin grasa, sin transmisión, sin gasolina
woman without fat, without transmission, without gasoline
sin aceite y sin motor, estás más esmuañanga'
without oil and without motor, you're more of a mess
¡bendito! para que sufras'
blessed!... so you suffer
Verse 1
Sobre tierra dormida
On sleeping ground
duramente abatida
hardly beaten
por la luz del sol
by the sunlight
por ahí crucé, para verte a ti
I crossed there, to see you
Nada fué la distancia
Nothing was the distance
con mi loca esperanza
with my crazy hope
de volverte a ver
to see you again
otra vez mujer y palabra que sí
once more woman and word that yes
Mira como te encontré
Look how I found you
convertida en malamaña
turned into a troublemaker
no hace falta ni saber
there's no need to even know
porque te llaman piraña
why they call you piranha
Ay, me dirás que me quieres
Oh, you'll tell me that you love me
que por mí tu te mueres
that for me you die
una y otra vez
again and again
Verse 2
Arranca de aqui piraña
Get out of here piranha
mujer que todo lo daña
woman that damages everything
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