Pastillas Para No Soñar Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Pastillas Para No Soñar by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.

If what you want is to live a hundred years

Don't taste the liquors of pleasure

If you're allergic to disappointments

Forget about that woman

Buy a gas mask

Stay inside the law

If what you want is to live a hundred years

Work out from five to six

And put on hair gel so it won't mess up your hair

The little breeze of freedom

Found a home in which there never reigns

A king greater than safety

Avoid the smoke of clubs

Cut your speed

If what you want is to live a hundred years

Vaccinate yourself against chance

Let temptation pass

Tell that girl not to call anymore

And if your heart protests

At the pharmacy you can ask

Do they sell pills to keep from dreaming?

If you want to be Methuselah

Watch your cholesterol

If your movie is to live a hundred years

Never do it without a condom

It's dangerous for your naked skin

To brush against another unsterilized skin

So that the virus of doubt won't sneak in

Into your matrimonial bed

And if your nights lack salt

That's what the TV's for

If what you want is to reach a hundred years

Don't live the way I live

Let temptation pass

Tell that girl not to call anymore

And if your heart protests

At the pharmacy you can ask

Do they sell pills to keep from dreaming?

Let temptation pass

Tell that girl not to call anymore

And if your heart protests

At the pharmacy you can ask

Do they sell pills to keep from dreaming?

Let temptation pass

Tell that girl not to call anymore

And if your heart protests

At the pharmacy you can ask

Do they sell pills to keep from dreaming?

Let temptation pass

And if your heart protests

At the pharmacy you can ask

Do they sell pills to keep from dreaming?

Let temptation pass

Tell that girl not to call anymore

And if your heart protests

At the pharmacy you can ask

Do they sell pills to keep from dreaming?

Let temptation pass

Tell that girl not to call anymore

And if your heart protests

At the pharmacy you can ask

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SONG MEANING

In Pastillas Para No Soñar — literally Pills to Stop Dreaming — Joaquín Sabina plays the role of a sarcastic life-coach who promises you will reach 100 years old if you follow his absurdly cautious rulebook: skip booze, dodge romance, pump iron at dawn, use hair gel so freedom’s breeze never ruffles you, disinfect every caress, and let television season your loveless nights. Line after line, he piles on health tips that sound more like prison regulations, turning the song into a witty parody of society’s obsession with safety and control.

The real punchline arrives in the chorus: “¿Venden pastillas para no soñar?” Sabina knows there is no such medicine, because dreaming — falling in love, taking risks, courting danger — is what makes life worth the wrinkles. By presenting a manual for eternal but empty existence, he invites us to do the opposite: embrace spontaneity, accept heartbreak, break a sweat dancing rather than at the gym, and live intensely even if it shortens the ride. The song is a mischievous toast to reckless passion over sterile longevity.

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Joaquin Sabina Pastillas Para No Soñar Lyrics