Pongamos Que Hablo de Joaquín (part. Luis Eduardo Aute)

Joaquín Sabina
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Degenerado y mujeriego

Degenerate and womanizer

Con cierto aire de faquir

With a certain air of a fakir

Anda arrastrando su esqueleto

He drags his skeleton around

Por las entrañas de Madrid

Through the bowels of Madrid

Aunque andaluz de fin de siglo

Although Andalusian from the end of the century

Universal, quiero decir

Universal, I mean

No sé qué tiene de rabino

I don't know what he has of a rabbi

Cuando lo miro de perfil

When I look at him from the side

Amigo de causas perdidas

Friend of lost causes

Desde aquel mayo de París

Since that May in Paris

No tiene más filosofía

He has no more philosophy

Que el vive a tope hasta morir

Than living to the fullest until he dies

Medio profeta, medio quinqui

Half prophet, half crook

El lumpen es su pedigrí

Lumpen is his pedigree

Un tinto y una buena titi

A red wine and a good chick

Le bastan para resistir

Are enough for him to resist

Tirando a zurdo en sus ideas

Leaning left in his ideas

Por donde Escora Bakunín

Where Bakunin tilts

Dice que abajo las banderas

He says down with the flags

Y arriba la lluvia de abril

And up with the April rain

El perdedor es su universo

The loser is his universe

Aunque pretende ser feliz

Although he pretends to be happy

Y aún hay quien dice que está cuerdo

And there are still those who say he's sane

Pongamos que hablo de Joaquín

Let's say I'm talking about Joaquín

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Mexico City, Mexico January 17, 2025
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