La del pirata cojo [English translation]

I'm not just any guy who cries easily

One of those who complain just from habit

If life lets me, I touch her up

And if she doesn't, my occupation still arouses me

And since it's free to dream

And I don't believe in reincarnation,

With a little bit of imagination

I'll immediately leave for a trip

To live other lives,

To try other names,

To slip into the clothes and skin

Of all men

That I'll never be

Al Capone in Chicago

Legionnaire in Melilla

Painter in Montparnasse,

Merchant in Damasco

Costalero1 in Sevilla

Black man in New Orleans

Dirty old man in Sodoma

Deported to Siberia

Sultan in a harem

Cop? No way

Winner in a fair

Gypsy guy in Jerez

Gambler in Montecarlo

Cigarette in your mouth

Taxi driver in New York

The coolest guy in the neighborhood

I screw because I get the chance

Suspended in religion

Confessor for the queen

Banderillero2 in Cadiz

Barman in Dublin

Communist in Las Vegas

Drowned in the Titanic

Pied Piper in Hamelin3

Billiard player who plays with three balls4

Rebellious in heaven

Owner of a cabaret

Scratch on you back

Tenor in Ricoletto

Pianist in a brothel

Bongo5 player in Havana

Casanova in Venice

Old man in Shangri La

Stowaway in your bed

Vocalist in an orchestra

Best time6 in Le Mans

Reporter on incidents

Detective in a tight spot

Preserved in alcohol

Rapist in your dreams

Suicidal in a viaduct

Handsome guy in a soap opera

Morphine addict in China

War desertor

Boxer in Detroit

Hunter in India

Sailor in Marseilles

Play Boy photographer

But if I'm allowed to choose

From all the lives

I choose

That of the lame pirate with a wooden leg,

With an eye patch,

With a mean face

The old knave, captain

Of a ship that would have as a flag

A couple of tibias and a skull.

1. Members of a Cofradía who carry the floats through the streets during the Holy Week. A Cofradía is a Catholic group deicated to religious training, worship and charity that focus on penitence and show their penitence publicly in the 'Semana Santa' (Holy Week) processions as they carry float the streets. Source2. A torero's assistant3. Literally Flute player in Hamelin, but that's the name for the Pied Piper in Spanish (flautista de Hamelín)4. "Billar" in Spanish can be billiards and pool. "A tres bandas" is a mode that doesn't have any holes in the table, and that uses 3 balls.5. This Cuban drum6. Time record

• Artist:Joaquin Sabina
• Album:Física y Química