Un año más [English translation]

At Puerta del Sol1

Same as last year

Once again the champagne and the grapes2

and the tar3, lay the foundation

The firecrackers that erase yesterday's sounds

and get people excited

to accept that one more went by

And in the age-old clock

like year by year

5 more minutes to the countdown

we take stock of the good and the bad

5 minutes before the countdown.

Sailors, soldiers, bachelors and married people,

lovers, walkers and the occasional

absent-minded priest.

Among screaming and whistling, Spanish people,

big and small, do for once

something at the same time

And in the age-old clock

like year by year

5 more minutes to the countdown

we take stock of the good and the bad

5 minutes before the countdown.

And even though there are some new faces here for the grapes,

we will miss those who aren't here anymore

and hopefully those of us who are alive will liven up

and next year we'll laugh

1, 2, 3, 4, and it starts up again4

Because the fifth is the first

and the sixth is the second and thus the seventh is the third

And we say goodbye and we pray to God

that next year instead of a million

let it be two5

At Puerta del Sol

Same as last year

Again the champagne and the grapes

and the tar, lay the foundations

1. This is a square in Madrid. Huge amounts of people go there in New Year to eat the grapes and the clock there is broadcast on national television so most people follow its strokes.2. The song keeps referring to Spanish New Year's traditions: In Spain we eat twelve grapes with each stroke of the bell at 00.00 on the 31st of December (or the 1st of January I guess).3. This is referring to cigarettes (I think)4. The bells give four, shorter strokes before the "real thing," which is what this line refers to.5. Record sales

• Artist:Mecano
• Album:Descanso Dominical (1988)