Triste Y Vacía Lyrics in English Willie Colón , Héctor Lavoe
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Triste Y Vacía by Willie Colón from Spanish to English.
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Chorus 1
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
Llorando una traición con amargura
Crying a betrayal with bitterness
Por aquel que le decía
By the one who told him
Que era su amor y su locura
That it was his love and his madness
Verse 1
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 ha tenido le fallaron
The loves he's had failed him
Y dejaron en el aire las promesas
And they left the promises in the air
Y dejaron en el aire las promesas
And they left the promises in the air
Chorus 2
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
Llorando una traición con amargura
Crying a betrayal with bitterness
Por aquel que le decía
By the one who told him
Que era su amor y su locura
That it was his love and his madness
Verse 2
Va tratando de lograr lo que ha soñado
He's trying to achieve what he's dreamed of
Aprovecha la experiencia de la vida
Take advantage of life's experience
Va olvidando sufrimientos del pasado
He forgets suffering from the past
La calumnia y la mentira la castigan
Slander and lying punish her
La calumnia y la mentira la castigan
Slander and lying punish her
Chorus 3
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
Llorando una traición con amargura
Crying a betrayal with bitterness
Por aquel que le decía
By the one who told him
Que era su amor y su locura
That it was his love and his madness
Verse 3
Pero en todo este pasaje de la vida
But in this whole passage of life
Ha sabido mantenerse con decencia
He's been able to keep up with decency
Aunque muchos habladores la confundan
Although many speakers confuse her
Aunque muchos traten de inventar con ella
Even if many try to invent with her
Aunque muchos traten de inventar con ella
Even if many try to invent with her
Chorus 4
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
Llorando una traición con amargura
Crying a betrayal with bitterness
Por aquel que le decía
By the one who told him
Que era su amor y su locura
That it was his love and his madness
Que era su amor y su locura
That it was his love and his madness
Verse 4
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
En su rostro se comprenden los fracasos de la vida
His face includes the failures of life
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
La calumnia y la mentira, y el desamor la castigan
Slander and lying, and love punish it
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
Fue que todo el mundo le fallo, y ella no lo merecía
It was that everyone failed him, and she didn't deserve it
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
Por fracasos de la vida
For life's failures
Así es que muere un amor, ay, que nadie comprendía
So a love dies, oh, that no one understood
Las promesas le fallaron, los errores de Sofía
Promises failed him, Sofia's mistakes
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
¿A dónde irá la pobre gitanilla, flor marchita y desolada?
Where will the poor gitanilla go, withered and desolate flower?
¿Pero qué cosa le harían?
But what would they do to him?
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
Caminaba tan orgullosa y de su dolor nadie sabía
She walked so proudly and of her pain no one knew
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
Mírala que linda viene, mírala que linda va
Look at her cute coming, look at her how cute she goes
¿A dónde se escondería?
Where would he hide?
Ella va triste y vacía
She goes sad and empty
Yo la vi, llorando yo la vi
I saw her, crying I saw her
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