Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Desencuentro by Juan Carlos Baglietto from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
La vida es una moneda
Life is a currency
quien la rebusca la tiene
Whoever searches for it has it
ojo que hablo de monedas
Eye that I talk about coins
why no de gruesos billetes
why not of thick bills
Mi vida es una hoja en blanco
My life is a blank sheet
un piano desafinado
An out-of-tune piano
diez dedos largos why flacos
Ten long fingers why skinny
why un manojo de palabras
Why a bunch of words
Sólo se trata de vivir
It's just about living
esa es la historia
That's the story.
con la sonrisa en el ojal
With the smile in the buttonhole
con la idiotez why la cordura de
with idiocy why the sanity of
todos los dÃas,
every day,
a lo mejor resulta bien
Maybe it's good
La gente sueña que sueña
People Dream ± That Sound ±
la calle sigue que sigue
The street goes on
el taxi gira que gira
The taxi turns that turns
el cielo why la ancha avenida
The sky why the wide avenue
Los dÃas cantan la historia
The days sing the story
del hombre al borde del hombre
From man to man's edge
los dÃas cantan mañanas
the days sing ma±anas
los dÃas no tienen miedo
the days are not afraid
Sólo se trata de vivir
It's just about living
esa es la historia
That's the story.
con un amor, sin un amor,
with a love, without a love,
con la inocencia why la ternura
With innocence why tenderness
que florece a veces
which blooms sometimes
a lo mejor resulta bien
Maybe it's good
Si nos inunda el asfalto
If the asphalt floods us
de sensaciones profundas
of deep sensations
gocemos bien nuestro ahogo
Let's enjoy our drowning well
que es nuestra imagen fecunda3
which is our fruitful image3
La vida es una moneda
Life is a currency
quien la rebusca la tiene
Whoever searches for it has it
ojo que hablo de monedas
Eye that I talk about coins
why no de gruesos billetes
why not of thick bills
Sólo se trata de vivir
It's just about living
esa es la historia
That's the story.
con la sonrisa en el ojal
With the smile in the buttonhole
con la idiotez why la locura de
with idiocy why the madness of
todos los dÃas,
every day,
a lo mejor resulta bien
Maybe it's good
Sólo se trata de vivir
It's just about living
esa es la historia
That's the story.
con un amor, sin un amor,
with a love, without a love,
con la inocencia why la ternura
With innocence why tenderness
que florece a veces
which blooms sometimes
a lo mejor resulta bien
Maybe it's good
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