Cambalache Lyrics in English Juan Carlos Baglietto , Lito Vitale
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cambalache by Juan Carlos Baglietto from Spanish to English.
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CAMBALACHE
SWAP
Que el mundo fue y será una porquería
That the world was and will be a mess
ya lo se
I already know it
en el quinientos diez
in the five hundred and ten
y en el dos mil también
and in two thousand too
que siempre ha habido chorros
that there have always been jets
maquiavelos y estafados
machiavelli and swindled
contentos y amargados
happy and bitter
varones y doblés
boys and doubles
pero que el siglo xx es un despliegue
but that the 20th century is an unfolding
de maldad insolente
of insolent wickedness
ya no hay quien lo niegue
there is no one who denies it
vivimos revolcados en un merengue
we live wallowed in a meringue
y en el mismo lodo todos manoseados.
and in the same mud all groped.
Hoy resulta que es lo mismo
Today it turns out that it is the same
ser derecho que traidor
be right than traitor
ignorante sabio chorro
ignorant wise squirt
generoso estafador
generous swindler
Todo es igual nada es mejor
Everything is the same nothing is better
lo mismo un burro que un gran profesor
the same a donkey as a great teacher
no hay aplaza'os ni escalafón
there are no postponements or ranks
los inmorales nos han iguala'o
the immoral have matched us
si uno vive en la impostura
if one lives in the imposture
y otro afana en su ambición
and another toil in his ambition
da lo mismo que sea cura
it doesn't matter if it's a priest
colchonero, rey de basto
mattress, king of basto
caradura o polizón.
cheeky or stowaway
Que falta de respeto
what a lack of respect
que atropello a la razón
what a violation of reason
cualquiera es un señor
anyone is a lord
cualquiera es un ladrón
anyone is a thief
mezclado con Stravinsky
mixed with Stravinsky
va Don Bosco y Napoleón
goes Don Bosco and Napoleon
Don Chacho y Lamignón
Don Chacho and Lamignon
Carnera y San Martín
Carnera and San Martin
igual que la vidriera irrespetuosa
just like the disrespectful stained glass window
de los cambalaches se ha mezclado la vida
of the exchanges life has been mixed
y herida por un sable sin remache
and wounded by a saber without a rivet
ves llorar la biblia junto a un calefón.
You see the bible cry next to a water heater.
Siglo xx cambalache
20th century exchange
problemático y febril
troubled and feverish
el que no llora no mama
the one who doesn't cry doesn't breast
y el que no afana es un gil
and the one who does not strive is a gil
Dale nomás dale que va
Give it just give it go
que allá en el horno
that there in the oven
se va'mo a encontrar
I'm going to find
no pienses mas sentate a un la'o
Don't think anymore, sit to one side
que a nadie importa si naciste honrra'o
that nobody cares if you were born honrra'o
si es lo mismo el que labura
if it's the same as the one who works
noche un día como un buey
night one day like an ox
que el que vive de las minas
than the one who lives from the mines
que el que mata, que el que cura
than the one who kills, than the one who cures
o esta fuera de la ley
or is it outlawed
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