- Arsenio Rodriguez

LA VIDA ES UN SUEÑO

 

Después que una vive veinte desengaños
Que importa uno más ?
Después de conocer traición en la vida
No debes llorar
Ay que darse cuenta que todo es mentira
Que nada es verdad
Ay que vivir el momento feliz
Ay que gozar lo que pueda gozar
Porque sacando la cuenta en total
La vida es un sueño

 


LIFE IS A DREAM


When one has lived through
countless disappointments
What does one more matter ?
After knowing treason in life
You shouldnt cry
You must realize that everything is a lie
That nothing is true
One must live for the happy moment
One must enjoy what there is to enjoy
Because when all has been accounted for
Life is a dream

 


Arsenio Rodriguez (? - ?) , 1948
as performed by Marc Ribot in "Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos" LP

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