Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Bohemia by Leonardo Favio from Spanish to English.
Bohemia juvenil,alegre, loca y gris
Youthful, happy, crazy and gray bohemian
De un tiempo ya pasado
From a time long past
En donde en un desvan
Where in an attic
Desnuda como el sol
Naked like the sun
Posabas para mi y yo con devocion
You posed for me and I with devotion
Pintaba con pasion
He painted with passion
Tu cuerpo fatigado
Your tired body
Hasta el amanecer
Until sunrise
A veces sin comer
sometimes without eating
Y siempre sin dormir
And always without sleeping
Era una flor de
It was a flower
Recuerdo en aquel bar
I remember in that bar
La mesa del cafe,feliz nos reunia
The coffee table, happily brought us together
Hablando sin cesar
Talking incessantly
Soñando con llegar
Dreaming of arriving
La gloria a conseguir
The glory to achieve
Y cuando algun pintor hallaba un comprador
And when a painter found a buyer
Y un lienzo le vendia
And he sold him a canvas
Soliamos gritar con él
We used to scream with him
Y pasear alegres por ahi
And walk happily around
Era jugar,feliz y amar
It was playing, happy and loving
Yo junto a ti, triunfar podre
I, together with you, will be able to succeed
Teniamos salud,sonrisa y juventud
We had health, smile and youth
Y nada en el bolsillo
And nothing in the pocket
Con frio,con calor
With cold, with heat
El mismo buen humor
the same good mood
Brillaba en nuestro ser
It shone in our being
Luchando siempre igual
Always fighting the same
Con hombres hasta el final
With men until the end
Haciamos castillos
We made castles
Y el ansia de vivir
and the desire to live
Nos hizo resistir y no desfallecer
It made us resist and not give up
Era soñar con un querer
It was dreaming of a love
Hoy regrese al ayer
Today go back to yesterday
Cruzé su niebla gris
I crossed its gray fog
Y lo encontre cambiado
And I found it changed
Las pibas ya no estan
The girls are no longer there
Ni suben al desvan
They don't even go up to the attic
Doradas de pasion soñando como ayer
Golden with passion dreaming like yesterday
Rondé el cuartito aquel mas ya lo han derrumbado
I walked around that little room but they have already demolished it
Y ocupa su lugar,un frio y un gran hotel
And it takes his place, a cold and big hotel
Que nos oculta el sol
What the sun hides from us
Su luz perdió
The light of him lost
Flor y al fin murió
flower and finally died
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