Tan Joven Y Tan Viejo Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Tan Joven Y Tan Viejo by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
Lo primero que quise fue marcharme bien lejos
The first thing I wanted was to go far away
En el álbum de cromos de la resignación
In the sticker album of resignation
Pegábamos los niños que odía ban los espejos
We beat the children who hated mirrors
Guantes de Rita Hayworth, calles de Nueva York
Rita Hayworth gloves, streets of New York
Apenas vi que un ojo me guiñaba la vida
I barely saw an eye wink at me
Le pedí que a su antojo dispusiera de mí
I asked her to dispose of me at her whim.
Ella me dio las llaves de la ciudad prohibida
She gave me the keys to the forbidden city
Yo, todo lo que tengo, que es nada, se lo dí
I, everything I have, which is nothing, I gave it to him
Así crecí volando y volé tan deprisa
That's how I grew up flying and I flew so fast
Que hasta mi propia sombra de vista me perdió
That even my own shadow of sight lost me
Para borrar mis huellas destrocé mi camisa
To cover my tracks I destroyed my shirt
Confundí con estrellas las luces de neón
I mistook the neon lights for stars
Hice trampas al póker, defraudé a mis amigos
I cheated at poker, I let my friends down
Sobre el banco de un parque dormí como un lirón
On a park bench I slept like a dormouse
Por decir lo que pienso sin pensar lo que digo
For saying what I think without thinking what I say
Más de un beso me dieron
They gave me more than one kiss
Lo que sé del olvido lo aprendí de la luna
What I know about oblivion I learned from the moon
Lo que sé del pecado lo tuve que buscar
What I know about sin I had to look for
Como un ladrón debajo de la falda de alguna
Like a thief under someone's skirt
De cuyo nombre ahora no me quiero acordar
Whose name I don't want to remember now
Así que, de momento, nada de adiós muchachos
So for now, no goodbye guys.
Me duermo en los entierros de mi generación
I fall asleep at the funerals of my generation
Cada noche me invento, todavía me emborracho
Every night I make it up, I still get drunk
Tan joven y tan viejo, like a rolling stone
So young and so old, like a rolling stone
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