Tranquilo, Viejo, Tranquilo
Tita Merello
Lyrics
Translation
Todo el mundo la dispara
Everyone shoots at her
Se atropella y no repara
She's run over and doesn't care
Que está haciendo un disparate
She's doing something absurd
Todos gritan, aceleran
Everyone shouts, accelerates
Y parece que tuvieran
And it seems like they have
Refucilos en el mate
Reflections in the mate
Es un siglo de aspirinas
It's a century of aspirins
Surmenages y de locos
Excesses and craziness
Y a los que no están piantados
And for those who aren't crazy
Se ve que les falta poco
It seems they're not far off
Si tenés muchos problemas
If you have many problems
Y buscás la solución
And you're looking for a solution
No te aflijas, andá a Vieytes
Don't worry, go to Vieytes
Porque en Vieytes dan razón
Because in Vieytes, they give reason
Tranquilo y a no agitarse
Calm down and don't get worked up
Que es peligroso desesperarse
Because getting desperate is dangerous
La vida es corta
Life is short
Y al pasarla a té de tilo
And when drinking linden tea
Preocupado y con estrilo
Worried and with strain
Me parece que es atroz
It seems atrocious to me
Tranquilo, viejo, tranquilo
Calm down, old man, calm down
Y al final, primero vos
And in the end, you come first
No te apures timoteo
Don't hurry, Timoteo
Si te rajan del empleo
If you get fired from your job
Y te dejan ambulante
And you end up wandering
Y si tu mujer berrea
And if your wife bellows
O tu suegra te pelea
Or your mother-in-law argues with you
Vos mandate un buen calmante
Just take a good tranquilizer
Si la vida está muy cara
If life is too expensive
O te están acogotando
Or they're strangling you
No te apartes de la huella
Don't stray from the path
Aunque vengan patinando
Even if they come sliding
Suprimí las disparadas
Eliminate the rushes
Y acercate a la razón
And get close to reason
Sofrenate y acordate
Calm down and remember
Que tenés un corazón
That you have a heart
Tranquilo y a no agitarse
Calm down and don't get worked up
Que es peligroso desesperarse
Because getting desperate is dangerous
La vida es corta
Life is short
Y al pasarla a té de tilo
And when drinking linden tea
Preocupado y con estrilo eh che
Worried and with strain, hey
Me parece que es atroz
It seems atrocious to me
Tranquilo, viejo, tranquilo
Calm down, old man, calm down
Y al final, primero vos
And in the end, you come first