La Filosófica
Abel Pintos
Lyrics
Translation
No pretende mi advertencia
My warning doesn't intend
Que seas como yo quiero
For you to be as I want
Ni meterte en entre veros
Nor to meddle in between
De enseñarte mi experiencia
To teach you my experience
Vos te has criao con la esencia
You have grown with the essence
Del agua de tu bebedero.
From the water of your drinker.
La vida es una doctrina
Life is a doctrine
El mundo entero su templo
The entire world is its temple
Y encontrarás con el tiempo
And with time, you'll find
Tu saber bien madurao
Your well-matured knowledge
Será cuando has pronunciao
Will be when you have uttered
La frase justa de ejemplo.
The precise phrase as an example.
Dejar rastros en la vida
To leave traces in life
Son pretensiones del hombre
Are pretensions of man
Si no ha lograo que su nombre
If he hasn't managed that his name
Quede en el tiempo grabao
Remains engraved in time
Es porque solo ha edificao
It's because he has only built
Ranchos de paja y adobe.
Shacks of straw and adobe.
Claro que paja y adobe
Of course, straw and adobe
En un especial momento
At a particular moment
Constituye un fundamento
Constitute a foundation
Dentro de la construcción
Within construction
No hay que armar un caserón
One shouldn't build a mansion
Sin revisar los cimientos.
Without checking the foundations.
Hay que hacer bordao prolijo
You must embroider neatly
En el mantel de la vida
On the tablecloth of life
Pero no para la estiva
But not just for show
Y después tenerlo guardado
And then keep it stored
A mantel almidonao
A starched tablecloth
Prefiero aquel con comida
I prefer the one with food.
La vida es la gran escuela
Life is the great school
Y en el aula del saber
And in the classroom of knowledge
No te vaya a sorprender
Don't let it surprise you
Que de un árbol bien nacido
That from a well-born tree
Salgan los gajos torcidos
Twisted branches emerge
Pues, se han doblao al crecer.
For they've bent while growing.
No vale la obstentanción
Conceit is not worth it
La arrogancia desmedida
Excessive arrogance
La razón bien entendida
True reason
Del hombre mejor pensao
Of a better-thought man
Si después que te has dentrao
If after you've delved within
Recién busca la salida.
Only then seek the way out.
Tener pasar relativo
Having a relative experience
Y a pesar de otros criterios
And despite other criteria
No le busques el remedio
Don't seek the remedy
Porque es terrible este mal
Because this ailment is terrible
No hallarás la paz total
You won't find complete peace
Ni en la paz del cementerio.
Not even in the peace of the cemetery.