Nubes de humo (Fume compadre)

Manuel Romero
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Fume compadre,

Smoke, buddy,

fume y charlemos

smoke and let's chat,

y mientras fuma recordemos

and while you smoke, let's remember

que con el humo del cigarrillo

that with the cigarette smoke,

ya se nos va la juventud.

our youth is slipping away.

Fume compadre,

Smoke, buddy,

fume y recuerde,

smoke and remember,

que yo también recordaré.

because I will also remember.

¡Con el alma la quería

I loved her with my soul

y un negro día

and on a dark day

la abandoné!

I abandoned her!


Voy sin poderla olvidar,

I go without being able to forget her,

atormentado por la pena;

tormented by the pain;

ella juró que era buena

she swore she was good

y no la quise escuchar.

and I didn't want to listen.

De nada sirve el guapear

Bravado is useless

cuando es honda la metida

when the wound is deep;

¡pobrecita, mi querida,

poor thing, my dear,

toda la vida

all my life

la he de llorar!

I will cry for her!


Y ahora compadre,

And now, buddy,

arrepentido,

repentant,

quiero olvidarla

I want to forget her

y no la olvido.

and I don't forget her.

Si hasta parece

It even seems

que ella se mece

that she sways

entre las nubes de humo azul.

among the blue smoke clouds.

Fume compadre,

Smoke, buddy,

fume y soñemos,

smoke and let's dream,

quiero olvidar mi ingratitud

I want to forget my ingratitude

al ver hoy que como el humo

seeing today that, like smoke,

se desvanece la juventud.

youth vanishes.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico October 8, 2024
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