Maldito Blues Lyrics in English Joan Manuel Serrat , Joaquin Sabina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Maldito Blues by Joan Manuel Serrat from Spanish to English.
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No soy un fulano con la lagrima fácil
I'm not a so-and-so with easy tears
De esos que se quejan solo por vicio
Of those who complain only about vice
Si la vida se queja le meto mano
If life complains I get my hands on it
Y si no aun me excita mi oficio,
And if I am not yet excited by my craft,
Y como ademas sale gratis soñar
And as it also comes free to dream
Y no creo en la reencarnación,
And I don't believe in reincarnation,
Con un poco de imaginación
With a little imagination
Partiré de viaje enseguida
I'll leave right away
A vivir otras vidas,
To live other lives,
A probarme otros nombres,
To try other names,
A colarme en el traje y la piel
To sneak into the suit and skin
De todos los hombres
Of all men
Que nunca seré:
That I will never be:
Al capone en Chicago
Al Capone in Chicago
Legionario en mejilla
Cheek legionnaire
Pintor en montparnesse,
Painter in montparnesse,
Mercader en Damasco
Merchant in Damascus
Costalero en Sevilla
Costalero in Seville
Negro en nueva Orleans,
Black in New Orleans,
Viejo verde en Sodoma
Old Green in Sodom
Deportado en Siberia
Deported in Siberia
Sultan en un haren,
Sultan in a harem,
Policia, ni en broma
Police, no joke
Triunfador de la feria
Winner of the fair
Gitanito en jeres,
Gypsy in jeres,
Tahur en Montecarlo
Tahur in Monte Carlo
Cigarrillo en tu boca
Cigarette in your mouth
Taxista en Nueva York
Taxi driver in New York
El mas chulo del barrio
The coolest in the neighborhood
Tiro porque me toca
I shoot because it's my turn
Suspenso en religión,
Suspense in religion,
Confesor de la reina
Confessor of the Queen
Banderillero en Cadiz
Banderillero in Cadiz
Tabernero en Dublin
Innkeeper in Dublin
Comunista en las Vegas
Communist in Las Vegas
Ahogado en el Titanic
Drowned in the Titanic
Flautista en Jamelin
Flutist in Jamelin
Billarista a tres bandas
Three-way billiards player
Insumiso en el cielo
Unsubmissive in the sky
Dueño de un cabaret
Cabaret owner
Arañaso en tu espalda
Scratch on your back
Tenor en rigoletto
Tenor in rigoletto
Pianista de un burdel
Pianist in a brothel
Bongosero en la Havana
Bongosero in Havana
Casanova en Venecia
Casanova in Venice
Anciano en Shangri La,
Elder in Shangri La,
Polizón en tu cama
Stowaway on your bed
Vocalista de orquesta
Orchestral vocalist
Mejor tiempo en Le Mans
Best time in Le Mans
Cronista de suceros
Chronicler of suceros
Detective en apuros
Detective in distress
Conservado en alcohol
Preserved in alcohol
Violador en tus sueños
Rapist in your dreams
Suicida en el viaducta
Suicide on the viaduct
Guapo en un culebrón
Handsome in a soap opera
Morfínomano en China
Morphinomaniac in China
Desertor en la guerra
Deserter in the war
Boxeador en Detroid
Boxer in Detroit
Cazador en la India
Hunter in India
Marinero en marsilla
Sailor in marsilla
Fotógrafo en Play Boy
Photographer at Play Boy
Pero si me dan a elegir
But if they give me a choice
Entre todas las vidas yo escojo
Among all lives I choose
La del pirata cojo
That of the lame pirate
Con pata de palo,
With wooden leg,
Con parche en el ojo,
With eye patch,
Con cara de malo,
With a bad face,
El viejo truhan, capitán
Old Truhan, Captain
De un barco que tuviera
Of a ship that had
Por bandera
By flag
Un par de tibias y una calavera
A pair of tibias and a skull
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