Juan José Lyrics in English Roberto Tapia
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Juan José by Roberto Tapia from Spanish to English.
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Por las noches, caras sucias
At night, dirty faces
de angelito con bluyín
little angel with blue jeans
vende rosas en las mesas
sells roses on the tables
del boliche de Bachín
from the Bachín bowling alley
Si la luna brilla
if the moon shines
sobre la parilla
on the grill
come luna y pan de hollín
eat moon and soot bread
Cada día en su tristeza
Every day in her sadness
que no quiere amanecer
who does not want dawn
lo madruga un seis de enero
He got up early on January 6
con la estrella del revés
with the star upside down
y tres reyes gatos
and three cat kings
roban sus zapatos
they steal your shoes
uno izquierdo y el otro ¡también!
one left and the other too!
Chiquilín
chiquilin
dame un ramo de voz
give me a bouquet of voice
así salgo a vender
so I go out to sell
mis vergüenzas en flor
my shame in bloom
baleame con tres rosas
shoot me with three roses
que duelan a cuenta
that hurt on account
del hambre que no te entendí
of the hunger that I did not understand you
Chiquilín
chiquilin
Cuando el sol pone a los pibes
When the sun sets the kids
delantales de aprender
aprons learn
él aprende cuánto cero
he learns how much zero
le quedaba por saber
he had to know
Y a su madre mira
And look at his mother
yira que te yira
yira that yira
pero no la quiere ver
but he doesn't want to see her
Cada día, en la basura
Every day, in the trash
con un pan y un tallarín
with a bread and a noodle
se fabrica un barrilete
a keg is made
para irse ¡y sigue aquí!
to leave and still here!
Es un hombre extraño
he is a strange man
niño de mil años
thousand year old boy
que por dentro le enreda el piolín
that the string entangles inside
Chiquilín
chiquilin
dame un ramo de voz
give me a bouquet of voice
así salgo a vender
so I go out to sell
mis vergüenzas en flor
my shame in bloom
Baleame con tres rosas
Shoot me with three roses
que duelan a cuenta
that hurt on account
del hambre que no te entendí
of the hunger that I did not understand you
Chiquilín
chiquilin
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