Yo vivo en una ciudad

Miguel Cantilo
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Yo vivo en una ciudad

I live in a city

donde la gente aun usa gomina

where people still use hair gel

donde la gente se va a la oficina

where people go to the office

sin un minuto de mas

without a minute to spare


Yo vivo en una ciudad

I live in a city

donde la prisa del diario trajin

where the rush of daily routines

parece un film de Carlitos Chaplin

seems like a Charlie Chaplin film

aunque sin comicidad

although without comedy


Yo vivo en una ciudad

I live in a city

que tiene un puerto en la puerta

that has a port at the door

y una expresion boquiabierta

and an open-mouthed expression

para lo que es novedad

for what is novelty


y sin embargo yo quiero a ese pueblo

and yet I love that town

tan distanciado entre si, tan solo

so distant from each other, so alone

porque no soy mas que alguno de ellos

because I am no more than one of them

sin la gomina, sin la oficina

without the hair gel, without the office

con ganas de renovar

with a desire to renew


Yo adoro a mi ciudad

I adore my city

aunque su gente no me corresponda

even though its people don't respond to me

cuando condena mi aspecto y mis hondas

when they condemn my appearance and my depths

con un insulto al pasar

with an insult as they pass by


Yo adoro a mi ciudad

I adore my city

cuando las chicas con sus minifaldas

when the girls with their miniskirts

parecen darle la magica espalda

seem to give it a magical back

a la inhibicion popular

to popular inhibition


Yo adoro a mi ciudad

I adore my city

aunque me acuse de loco y de mersa

even though it accuses me of being crazy and dull

aunque guada~e mi pelo a la fuerza

even though it locks my hair by force

en un coiffeur seccional

in a local hairdresser


y sin embargo yo quiero a ese pueblo

and yet I love that town

porque mi incita le rebelion

because it incites rebellion in me

y porque me da infinito deseos

and because it gives me infinite desires

de contestarles y de cantarles

to answer them and to sing to them

mi novedad, mi novedad

my novelty, my novelty

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