La Torre De Babel Lyrics in English Los Tres
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Torre De Babel by Los Tres from Spanish to English.
En la Torre de Babel
In the Tower of Babel
Vivían cincuenta cigarros
Fifty cigars lived
Vivían amontonados
They lived piled up
Hechos todos de papel
All made of paper
Uno a uno alineados
One by one aligned
Todos muy bien formados
All very well formed
El más pequeño era aquel
The smallest one was that one
Y se llamaba Gabriel
And his name was Gabriel
Tabaco fino, algodones
Fine tobacco, cotton
Iban a ver el río
They went to see the river
Iban cantando canciones
They were singing songs
Muertos de frío
Freezing to death
La pasión de Gabriel
Gabriel's passion
Era nadar en el río
Was to swim in the river
Le contó de esto a su tío
He told his uncle about it
Que era un cigarro de miel
Who was a honey cigar
Su tío que era muy viejo
His uncle, who was very old
No le puso reparos
Didn't object
Y cuendo llegó el habano
And when the Havana arrived
Forrado entero de café
Completely covered in coffee
'¿Dónde se metió Gabriel?'
"Where did Gabriel go?"
Preguntó inquieto el habano
Asked the worried Havana
'Se fue con otros cigarros
"He went with other cigars
A ver el río correr'
To see the river flow"
'No lo puedo creer
"I can't believe it
Eres muy mal ciudadano
You're a very bad citizen
Pues tu sobrino y hermano
Because your nephew and brother
Tal vez nunca pueda volver'
May never be able to come back"
Cuando llegó el habano
When the Havana arrived
A la orilla del río
At the riverbank
Vió un pequeño cigarro
He saw a small cigar
Muerto, abierto y tendido
Dead, open, and lying down
Estaba todo mojado
It was all wet
Sin señales de vida
Without signs of life
El tabaco se desprendía
The tobacco was coming apart
Quedaba desparramado
Scattered around
Tristeza, llantos, lamentos
Sadness, cries, laments
Reinarán desde hoy en Babel
Will reign from now on in Babel
Se nos ha muerto Gabriel
Gabriel has died
Todo ha quedado en silencio
Everything has fallen silent
Solamente un buen fuego
Only a good fire
Puede dar muerte a un cigarro
Can kill a cigar
Pero si muere mojado es igual
But if it dies wet, it's the same
Que si a un hombre
As if a man
Lo mataran colgado
Were hanged
Colgado
Strung up
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