Piraña Lyrics in English Willie Colón , Héctor Lavoe
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Piraña by Willie Colón from Spanish to English.
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RISTE Y VACÍA
RISTE AND EMPTY
Ella va triste y vacia
She goes sad and empty
llorando una traicion con amargura
crying a betrayal with bitterness
por aquel que le decia
by the one who told him
que era su amor y su locura
which was his love and madness
Ya la vida le ha enseñado demasiado
Life has already taught him too much
cometer el mismo error no le interesa
Making the same mistake doesn't interest you
los amores que a tenido le fallaron
The loves he has had failed him
y dejaron en el aire las promesas
and left the promises in the air
y dejaron en el aire las promesas..
and they left the promises in the air.
Ella va triste y vacia
She goes sad and empty
llorando una traicion con amargura
crying a betrayal with bitterness
por aquel que le decia
by the one who told him
que era su amor y su locura
which was his love and madness
va tratando de lograr lo que ha soñado
He is trying to achieve what he has dreamed of
aprovecha la experiencia de la vida
Take advantage of life's experience
va olvidando sufrimientos del pasado
He forgets the sufferings of the past
la calumnia y la mentira la castigan
Slander and lies punish her
la calumnia y la mentira la castigan..
Slander and lies punish her.
Ella va triste y vacia
She goes sad and empty
llorando una traicion con amargura
crying a betrayal with bitterness
por aquel que le decia
by the one who told him
que era su amor y su locura
which was his love and madness
por aquel que le decia
by the one who told him
que era su amor y su locura
which was his love and madness
pero en todo este pasaje de la vida
But in all this passage of life
ha sabido mantenerse con decensia
has managed to maintain itself with decensia
aunque muchos habladores la confundan
although many talkers confuse it
aunque muchos traten de inventar con ella
although many try to invent with it
aunque muchos traten de inventar con ella
although many try to invent with it
Ella va triste y vacia
She goes sad and empty
llorando una traicion con amargura
crying a betrayal with bitterness
por aquel que le decia
by the one who told him
que era su amor y su locura
which was his love and madness
que era su amor y su locura
which was his love and madness
coro:ella va triste y vacia
chorus: she goes sad and empty
En su rostro se comprenden
In his face they understand each other
los fracasos de la vida
Life's failures
coro:ella va triste.........
chorus: she's sad.........
la calumnia y la mentira
Slander and lies
y el desamor la castigan
and heartbreak punishes her
coro:ella va.........
chorus: she goes.........
fue que todo el mundo le fallo
was that everyone failed him
y ella no lo merecia
and she didn't deserve it.
coro: ella va .....
Chorus: She goes.....
por fracasos de la vida..
by failures of life.
Asi es que muere un amor
So a love dies
hay que nadie comprendia
no one understood
la promesa le fallaron
The promise failed him
los errores de sofia
Sofia's mistakes
coro:ella va ...........
chorus: she goes...........
a donde ira la pobre
Where the poor will go
niña triste y desolada
Sad and desolate girl
pero que cosa le harian
but what would they do to him?
coro:ella va............
chorus: she goes............
caminaba tan orgullosa
walked so proudly
y de su dolor nadie sabia
and of his pain no one knew
coro:ella va.......
chorus: she goes.......
mirala que linda biene
Mirala que linda biene
mirala que linda va
Look at her how cute she goes
a donde se esconderia
where he would hide
coro:ella va...........
chorus: she goes...........
yo la vi llorando yo la vi.
I saw her crying I saw her.
by Luis Rivasplata
by Luis Rivasplata
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