Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cuando Yo Tenía Tu Edad by José Alfredo Jiménez from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Estoy en el rincón de una cantina
I'm in the corner of a canteen
Oyendo una canción que yo pedí
Hearing a song I asked for
Me estan sirviendo ahorita mi tequila
I'm serving my tequila right now
Ya va mi pensamiento rumbo a ti
My thought is already going towards you
Yo sé que tu recuerdo es
I know your memory is
Mi desgracia, y vengo aquí nomás a recordar
My misfortune, and I come here just to remember
Que amarga son las cosas que nos pasan
How bitter are the things that happen to us
Con hay una mujer que paga mal
With there is a woman who pays badly
Quien no sabe en esta vida la traición
Who does not know in this life betrayal
Tan conocida que nos deja
So well known that it leaves us
Quien no llega a la cantina
Who does not arrive at the canteen
Exigiendo su tequila y exigiendo
Demanding your tequila and demanding
Su canción, me están sirviendo ya la
Your song, they are already serving me the
Del estribo ahorita ya no se si tengo fé
From the stirrup right now I do not know if I have faith
Ahorita solamente
Right now only
Yo les pido que toquen
I ask you to play
Otra vez la que se fue
Again the one who left
Quien no sabe en esta vida la traición
Who does not know in this life betrayal
Tan conocida que nos deja
So well known that it leaves us
Quien no llega a la cantina
Who does not arrive at the canteen
Exigiendo su tequila y exigiendo
Demanding your tequila and demanding
Su canción, me están sirviendo ya la
Your song, they are already serving me the
Del estribo ahorita ya no se si tengo fé
From the stirrup right now I do not know if I have faith
Ahorita solamente
Right now only
Yo les pido que toquen
I ask you to play
Otra vez la que se fue
Again the one who left
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