De Contramano

Enrique Santos Discépolo
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¡compañeros que preocupación

Comrades, what concern

Que es vivir para la gente!

What is living for the people!

Yo he nacido independiente

I was born independent

Y ando contra la corriente.

And I walk against the current.

Sin pararme ni escuchar

Without stopping or listening

Al que me viene a criticar.

To those who come to criticize me.


Yo no se porqué es

I don't know why it is

Que yo vivo al revés,

That I live upside down,

Si me quieren, no quiero

If they love me, I don't want

Ni puedo querer.

Nor can I love.

Y el que sepa llevarme la contra, ya sabe

And whoever knows how to oppose me, already knows

La clave y en fija me muero por él.

The key, and I would die for him.


Si me dicen, no podés fumar,

If they tell me I can't smoke,

Me dan antojos de pitar

I get cravings to puff

Yo voy de contramano

I go against the flow

Y siento frío en verano.

And I feel cold in summer.

Alegre me ven llorando

They see me happy crying

Y canto si estoy sufriendo,

And I sing if I'm suffering,

Yo sola me se entender

I alone understand myself

Y se comprender lo que estoy sintiendo.

And I understand what I am feeling.

Total si la vida es corta,

After all, if life is short,

Total a nadie le importa

After all, no one cares

Si voy contra la corriente

If I go against the current

Si soy como soy.

If I am how I am.


Nunca me ha llamado la atención

I have never been interested

Lo de eva y la manzana,

In the story of Eve and the apple,

Y porque de eva soy hermana,

And because I am Eve's sister,

Y tentarse es cosa humana

And to be tempted is human,

Le dijeron, "no comás",

They told her, "Don't eat,"

Y ella, ¡zas, se la comió!

And she, bam, ate it!

Moderated by Javier Sánchez
Bogotá, Colombia January 5, 2025
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