Lyrics and translation Héctor Varela - Tiempos Viejos (with Fernando Soler)

Tiempos Viejos (with Fernando Soler)

Te acordás, hermano, que tiempos aquellos!
Eran otros hombres, más hombres los nuestros,
No se conocían coca, ni morfina,
Los muchachos de antes no usaban gomina.
¡Te acordás, hermano, que tiempos aquellos!
Veinticinco abriles que no volverán,

Veinticinco abriles, volver a tenerlos...
¡Si cuando me acuerdo me pongo a llorar!
¿Donde están los muchachos de entonces?
Barra vieja de ayer, ¿dónde están?
Yo y vos solos quedamos, hermano,
Yo y vos solos para recordar...
¿Te acordás, las mujeres aquellas
Minas fieles de gran corazón,
Que en los bailes de laura, peleaban
Cada cual defendiendo su amor?
(Recitado)
¿Te acordás, hermano, la rubia mireya?
Que quité en lo de hansen al guapo rivera?
Pensar que casí me amasijo una noche por ella
Y hoy, hoy es una pobre mendiga harapienta.
¿Te acordás, hermano, lo linda que era?
Se formaba rueda pa' verla bailar.
Cuando por la calle, hoy la veo tan vieja
Doy vuelta a la cara, y me pongo a llorar.

Old Times (with Fernando Soler)

Do you remember, my darling, how it used to be?
Men were more like men, and women were true,
We didn't know about cocaine or morphine,
And the boys didn't use pomade back then.
Do you remember, my darling, how it used to be?
Twenty-five springs that will never return,

Twenty-five springs, to have them again...
When I remember, I start to cry!
Where are the boys from back then?
The old gang from yesterday, where are they?
Only you and I are left, my darling,
Only you and I to remember...
Do you remember the women from back then,
Loyal girls with big hearts,
Who would fight at the dances of Laura,
Each defending her own love?
(Recited)
Do you remember, my darling, the blonde Mireya?
Whom I took from the handsome Rivera at Hansen's?
To think that I almost killed myself that night for her,
And today, today she's a poor, ragged beggar.
Do you remember, my darling, how beautiful she was?
People would gather around just to watch her dance.
When I see her on the street today, so old,
I turn away and start to cry.