Paroles et traduction Anibal Troilo - N.p.

N.p.

Mirando tu performance
Del hipódromo platense,
Nunca al marcador llegaste.
Siempre fuiste "No Placé".

Se le sentó en la largada,
La pecharon en el codo.
Eso gritó la gilada.
¡Y por eso te compré!

Me pasé una temporada
Al cuidado de tus patas.
Te compré una manta nueva.
¡Y hasta apoliyé en el box!
Relojeándote el apronte,
La partida a palo errado...
Yo no sé quién me ha engañado,
Si fuiste vos o el reloj.

Te anoté en una ordinaria.
Entraste medio prendida.
Dijeron: "Es por la monta
O es bombero el cuidador".
Es tu sangre que te pierde.
Hija de... "Desobediencia"...
No saldrás de perdedora,
Pues te falta corazón.

Ahora corrés en cuadreras...
No tenés la manta aquélla,
No te preocupa la cancha,
El stud, ni el cuidador.
Pero si algún día de éstos
Te vuelvo a ver anotada...
Yo me juego la parada,
Porque soy buen perdedor.

N.p.

Watching your performances,
At the racetrack of La Plata,
You've never once placed at the board.
You've always been an also-ran.

She stumbled at the starting gate,
They blocked her elbow at the curve.
That's what the crowd yelled out,
And thus I bought you.

I spent a season
Tending to your legs.
I bought you a new blanket
And even bunked in the box!
I watched you warming up,
And the bungled start...
I don't know who lied to me,
If it was you or the clock.

I entered you in an ordinary race.
You came out half on fire.
They said: "It's the jockey,
Or the trainer's a fraud."
It's your blood that's letting you down,
Daughter of... "Disobedience"...
You'll never rise above your losses,
Because you lack the heart.

Now you race at the tracks...
You don't have that same blanket,
You don't care about the track,
The stable, or the trainer.
But if one of these days
I see that you've entered again...
I'll bet on your chance,
Because I am a good loser.