Cerrado por Derribo Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cerrado por Derribo by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
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Este bálsamo no cura cicatrices
This balm does not heal scars.
Esta rumbita no sabe enamorar, este rosario de
This rumbita does not know how to fall in love, this rosary of
Cuentas infelices
unhappy accounts
Calla más de lo que dice
Shut up more than she says
Pero dice la verdad
But she tells the truth
Este almacén de sábanas que no arden
This warehouse of sheets that don't burn
Este teléfono sin contestador
This phone with no answering machine
La llamaré mañana, hoy se me hizo tarde
I'll call her tomorrow, today I was late
Esta forma tan cobarde
This cowardly way
De no decirnos que no
Of not saying no
Este contigo, este sin ti tan amargo
I am with you, I am without you so bitter
Este reloj de arena del arenal
This hourglass of the sandbank
Esta huelga de besos, este letargo
This kissing strike, this lethargy
Estos pantalones largos
these long pants
Para el viejo Peter Pan
For old Peter Pan
Esta cómoda sin braguitas de Zara
This chest of drawers without panties from Zara
El tour del Soho desde un rojo autobús
The Soho tour from a red bus
Estos ojos que no miden ni comparan
These eyes that don't measure or compare
Ni se olvidan de tu cara
They don't forget your face
Ni se acuerdan de tu cruz
They don't even remember your cross
No abuses de mi inspiración
Don't abuse my inspiration
No acuses a mi corazón
don't accuse my heart
Tan maltrecho y ajado
So battered and withered
Que está cerrado por derribo
which is closed for demolition
Por las arrugas de mi voz
For the wrinkles in my voice
Se filtra la desolación
Desolation seeps in
De saber que estos son
To know that these are
Los últimos versos que te escribo
The last verses that I write to you
Para decir 'con dios' a los dos nos sobran los motivos
To say 'with God' we both have plenty of reasons
Esta paya tan lejos de su gitano
This paya is so far from her gypsy
Este penal del Puerto sin vis a vis
This prison of the Port without vis a vis
Esta guerra civil, este mano a mano
This civil war, this mano a mano
Estos moros y cristianos
These Moors and Christians
Este muro de Berlín
this berlin wall
Este virus que no muere ni nos mata
This virus that does not die or kill us
Esta amnesia en el cielo del paladar
This amnesia in the sky of the palate
La limusina del polvo por Manhattan
The Dust Limousine Through Manhattan
El invierno en Mar de Plata
Winter in Mar de Plata
Los versos del Capitán
The Captain's Verses
Este hacerse mayor sin delicadeza
This growing up without finesse
Esta espalda mojada de moscatel
This muscatel wet back
Este valle de fábricas de tristeza
This valley of factories of sadness
Esta duda esta certeza
This doubt is certain
Esta colmena sin miel
This hive without honey
Este borrón de sangre y de tinta china
This blur of blood and Chinese ink
Este baño sin rímel ni Nembutal
This bath without mascara or Nembutal
Estos huesos que vuelven de la oficina
These bones coming back from the office
Dentro de una gabardina
inside a trench coat
Con manchas de soledad
with spots of loneliness
No abuses de mi inspiración
Don't abuse my inspiration
No acuses a mi corazón
don't accuse my heart
Tan maltrecho y ajado
So battered and withered
Que está cerrado por derribo
which is closed for demolition
Por las arrugas de mi voz
For the wrinkles in my voice
Se filtra la desolación
Desolation seeps in
De saber que estos son
To know that these are
Los últimos versos que te escribo
The last verses that I write to you
No abuses de mi inspiración
Don't abuse my inspiration
No acuses a mi corazón
don't accuse my heart
Tan maltrecho y ajado
So battered and withered
Que está cerrado por derribo
which is closed for demolition
Por las arrugas de mi voz
For the wrinkles in my voice
Se filtra la desolación
Desolation seeps in
De saber que estos son
To know that these are
Los últimos versos que te escribo
The last verses that I write to you
Para decir 'con dios' a los dos nos sobran los motivos
To say 'with God' we both have plenty of reasons
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