| If you ever go to Dublin town
| Si alguna vez vas a la ciudad de Dublín
|
| In a hundred years or so
| En cien años más o menos
|
| Inquire for me in Baggot street
| Pregunta por mí en la calle Baggot
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| And what I was like to know
| Y lo que me gustaría saber
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| O he was the queer one
| Oh, él era el raro
|
| Fol dol the di do
| Fol dol el di do
|
| He was a queer one
| El era un queer
|
| And I tell you
| y te digo
|
| My great-grandmother knew him well,
| Mi bisabuela lo conocía bien,
|
| He asked her to come and call
| Él le pidió que viniera y llamara
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| On him in his flat and she giggled at the thought
| Sobre él en su apartamento y ella se rió al pensar
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| Of a young girl’s lovely fall.
| De la hermosa caída de una joven.
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| O he was dangerous,
| Oh, él era peligroso,
|
| Fol dol the di do,
| Fol dol el di do,
|
| He was dangerous,
| era peligroso,
|
| And I tell you
| y te digo
|
| On Pembroke Road look out for me ghost,
| En Pembroke Road, cuídame, fantasma,
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| Dishevelled with shoes untied,
| despeinada con los zapatos desatados,
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| Playing through the railings with little children
| Jugando a través de las rejas con niños pequeños
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| Whose children have long since died.
| cuyos hijos han muerto hace mucho tiempo.
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| O he was a nice man,
| Oh, él era un buen hombre,
|
| Fol do the di do,
| Fol do el di do,
|
| He was a nice man
| El era un buen hombre
|
| And I tell you
| y te digo
|
| Go into a pub and listen well
| Entra en un pub y escucha bien
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| If my voice still echoes there,
| Si mi voz aún resuena allí,
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| Ask the men what their grandsires thought
| Pregúntales a los hombres qué pensaron sus abuelos.
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| And tell them to answer fair,
| Y diles que respondan justo,
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| O he was eccentric,
| Oh, él era excéntrico,
|
| Fol do the di do,
| Fol do el di do,
|
| He was eccentric
| era excéntrico
|
| And I tell you
| y te digo
|
| He had the knack of making men feel
| Tenía la habilidad de hacer que los hombres se sintieran
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| As small as they really were
| Tan pequeños como realmente eran
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| Which meant as great as God had made them
| Lo que significaba tan grandes como Dios los había hecho.
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| But as males they disliked his air.
| Pero como machos les desagradaba su aire.
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| O he was a proud one,
| Oh, él era un orgulloso,
|
| Fol do the di do,
| Fol do el di do,
|
| He was a proud one
| era un orgulloso
|
| And I tell you
| y te digo
|
| If ever you go to Dublin town
| Si alguna vez vas a la ciudad de Dublín
|
| In a hundred years or so
| En cien años más o menos
|
| Sniff for my personality,
| Huele por mi personalidad,
|
| Is it Vanity’s vapour now?
| ¿Es ahora el vapor de la vanidad?
|
| O he was a vain one,
| Oh, él era un vanidoso,
|
| Fol dol the di do,
| Fol dol el di do,
|
| He was a vain one
| era un vanidoso
|
| And I tell you
| y te digo
|
| I saw his name with a hundred more
| Vi su nombre con cien más
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| In a book in the library,
| En un libro de la biblioteca,
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| It said he had never fully achieved
| Decía que nunca había logrado completamente
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| His potentiality.
| Su potencialidad.
|
| O he was slothful,
| Oh, él era perezoso,
|
| Fol do the di do,
| Fol do el di do,
|
| He was slothful
| era perezoso
|
| And I tell you
| y te digo
|
| He knew that posterity had no use
| Sabía que la posteridad no tenía ningún uso
|
| For anything but the soul,
| Para cualquier cosa menos el alma,
|
| The lines that speak the passionate heart,
| Las líneas que hablan el corazón apasionado,
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| The spirit that lives alone.
| El espíritu que vive solo.
|
| O he was a lone one,
| Oh, él era un solitario,
|
| Fol do the di do
| Fol do el di do
|
| O he was a lone one,
| Oh, él era un solitario,
|
| And I tell you
| y te digo
|
| O he was a lone one,
| Oh, él era un solitario,
|
| Fol do the di do
| Fol do el di do
|
| Yet he lived happily
| Sin embargo, vivió feliz
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| And I tell you. | Y te digo. |