Pense Que Se Trataba de Cieguitos

Era un sábado a la noche

It was a Saturday night

Tenía plata y hacia calor

I had money and it was hot

Me dije viejo aprovechá eres joven

I said to myself, old man, take advantage, you are young

Y me fui al cine a ver una de terror

And I went to the cinema to watch a horror movie

Salí a la calle

I went out to the street

Paré un taxi y me fui

I hailed a taxi and I went

Por ahí

Over there

Baje en Sarmiento y Esmeralda

I got off at Sarmiento and Esmeralda

Compré un paquete de pastillas Renomé

I bought a pack of Renomé pills

En eso siento que un señor me llama

At that moment, I feel someone calling me

Al darme vuelta me di cuenta que eran seis

Turning around, I realized there were six

Muy bien peinados

Very well groomed

Muy bien vestidos

Very well dressed

Y con un Ford

And with a Ford

Verde

Green

Pensé que se trataba de cieguitos

I thought they were blind

Anteojos negros usaban los seis

They wore black glasses, all six of them

Al llegar me dijeron buenas noches

Upon arrival, they said good night

Dónde trabaja

Where do you work

Dónde vive

Where do you live

Usted quién es

Who are you

Acto seguido me invitaron a subir

Then they invited me to get in

Al Ford

To the Ford

Llegamos a un edificio

We arrived at a building

Y comportándose con toda corrección

And behaving very politely

Me sometieron a un breve interrogatorio

They subjected me to a brief interrogation

Que duró casi cuatro horas y fracción

That lasted almost four hours and a fraction

Se hizo muy tarde

It got very late

Dijeron no hay colectivos

They said there are no buses

Quédese

Stay

Por favor

Please

A los tres días de vivir con ellos

After three days of living with them

De muy buen modo me dijeron váyase

Very kindly they told me to leave

Me devolvieron mis cordones y mi cinto

They returned my laces and my belt

Los tenían ellos no les pregunté por qué

They had them, I didn't ask why

Cuando salía

As I was leaving

Me prometieron

They promised me

Lo aseguraron, lo repitieron

They assured it, they repeated it

Nos volveremos a ver

We will meet again