El Engaño Lyrics in English Luis Vargas

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Engaño by Luis Vargas from Spanish to English.
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Luis Vargas..
Luis Vargas.
Desahogándome.
Letting off steam.
No fue una,
It was not one,
sino fueron cuatro
but four
las que me engañaron
who deceived me
pero a ellas yo quiero decirles
but I want to tell them
que todos aquí pagamos.
that we all pay here.
Quizás no sea yo el que las vea
Maybe I'm not the one who sees them
arrastrándose como culebra
crawling like a snake
y pagándose en calles que hicieron
and paying in the streets that they did
a esas criaturas y a mí.
those creatures and me.
Les dijeron que yo era su padre
They were told that I was their father
y orgullosos los niños estaban
and proud the children were
y sus madres de mí se burlaban
and their mothers made fun of me
y de mi esposa que se los cuidaba.
and my wife who took care of them.
Y hace seis años una de ellas cumplió
And six years ago one of them turned six years old
la más pequeña al saberlo lloró.
the youngest one cried when she knew it.
Y el varón tenía diez, que tristeza
And the boy was ten, what a sadness
por esos niños ahora siento yo.
for those children now I feel.
Y el varón tenía diez, que tristeza
And the boy was ten, what a sadness
por esos niños ahora siento yo.
for those children now I feel.
Pero que duro una de ellas me vió
But how hard one of them saw me
porque yo sé que no era mi sangre
because I know it wasn't my blood
no importa niña, tú no eres culpable
it doesn't matter child, you are not guilty
la culpa échasela a tu madre.
blame your mother.
Pero nosotros no somos culpables
But we are not to blame
la culpa échasela a tu madre.
blame your mother.
El hombre a veces no tiene la culpa
The man sometimes is not to blame
si la mujer dice que el niño es de otro.
if the woman says that the child belongs to someone else.
Pero también sinverguenza es el padre
But the father is also shameless
que lo permite cuando lo sabe.
who allows it when he knows it.
Pero también sinverguenza es el padre
But the father is also shameless
que lo permite cuando lo sabe.
who allows it when he knows it.
Esto es una realidad y a mi me pasó
This is a reality and it happened to me
pero vivo orgulloso de haberle dado
but I am proud to have given him
los primeros auxilios
the first aid
a esos angelitos.
to those little angels.
Me engañaron cuatro mujeres
I was deceived by four women
y a cuatro niños inocentes.
and four innocent children.
Había que ver como reclamaban
You had to see how they claimed
ese dinero toditos los meses
that money every month
y yo corriendo a cabalgar iba
and I would run to ride on horseback
porque a veces no encontraba el billete.
because sometimes I couldn't find the bill.
Hay muchos hombre que son engañados
There are many men who are cheated
que como yo, han sido burlados
who, like me, have been cheated
que muchachitos por ahí le han pegado
that little boys out there have been beaten by
las bandoleras, corazón de diablo.
the bandoliers, devil's heart.
Que no le importa el daño de los niños
They don't care about the harm to the children
sólo los usan pa´su beneficio.
they only use them for their own benefit.
Yo me despido muy lleno de orgullo
I say goodbye full of pride
porque mantuve a esos cuatro angelitos
because I kept those four little angels
aunque ahora me apegue a las leyes
even though now I adhere to the laws
ante Dios no cometí un delito.
before God I did not commit a crime.
Porque aunque quiera quedarme con ellos
Because even if I want to stay with them
que conozcan sus padres paternos.
I want them to know their paternal parents
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