Paroles et traduction Héctor Lavoe - El Sabio

El Sabio

¿Por qué te las das de sabio
Si yo conozco tu historia?
Conmigo ya tú quedastes
Yo sé que me tienes roña

La roña que tú me tienes, nene
A mí no me mortifica
Si el plante que tú te das
Lo venden en la botica

Déjate de tanto alarde
Y vive en la realidad
Ay, pues por más que tú trates
El mundo no cambiará

Yo sé que te dicen sabio
Sabio, sabio tú serás
Pero con tanta sabiduría
Y tú no tienes felicidad

Tú, tú, tú, tú no tienes felicidad
(De sabio no tiene na')
(De sabio no tiene na')
Ven, vete a por aquí, ven, vete a por allá
(De sabio no tiene na')
Oye, de sabio no tienes na'
(De sabio no tiene na')
Ayer fue que me llamastes, me invitaste pa' la esquina
Creía que ibamo' a pelear y me saliste gallina

(De sabio no tiene na')
Anda, y ven y dime ahora
(De sabio no tiene na')
Si te gusta la rumba, o si no, no, no te gusta na'
(De sabio no tiene na')
Ven, vete, ay habla mucho, bla, bla, bla
(De sabio no tiene na')
Por a'lante ere' mi amigo, por atrá' la puñala'

(De sabio no tiene na')
Anda y vete dile al sabio
(De sabio no tiene na')
Que ya pasó su carnaval
(De sabio no tiene na')
Carnavalito, carnavalero
(De sabio no tiene na')

No tienes felicidad
(De sabio no tiene na')
(De sabio no tiene na')
Oye, de sabio no tienes na'
(De sabio no tiene na')
No te queda na', na'

(De sabio no tiene na')
No me venga a mí con cuento
(De sabio no tiene na')
Que yo me sé tu presagio
(De sabio no tiene na')
En la punta de los labios
(De sabio no tiene na')
Una flor te vo'a poner y a reclamar
(De sabio no tiene na')

¡Andá!

Te lo dije que venía duro
Y no lo creías

Y no tienes felicidad
(De sabio no tiene na')
Anda, dime, dime ahora
(De sabio no tiene na')
¡Eh, qué de sabio tú tendrás!
(De sabio no tiene na')
En tu lápida te escribirán
(De sabio no tiene na')
Aquí resta ahora el sabio

(De sabio no tiene na')
Y dile quién sabía más
(De sabio no tiene na')
Y en la gloria me has de esperar
(De sabio no tiene na')
Ay, pa' decirme tantas cosas
(De sabio no tiene na')
Que a nadie le contarás
(De sabio no tiene na')
Dime quién era el sabio

¡Sabio de papel!
Cuida'o que te corto

The Wise Man

Why do you pretend to be wise
If I know your story?
With me you've already done
I know you have a grudge against me

The grudge you have against me, baby
Doesn't bother me
If the medicine you're taking
Is sold in the drugstore

Stop all your bragging
And live in reality
Oh, because no matter how hard you try
The world will not change

I know they call you wise
Wise, wise you may be
But with such wisdom
You have no happiness

You, you, you, you have no happiness
(There's nothing wise about you)
(There's nothing wise about you)
Come on, go over here, come on, go over there
(There's nothing wise about you)
Hey, there's nothing wise about you
(There's nothing wise about you)
Yesterday you called me, invited me to the corner
I thought we were going to fight and you turned out to be a chicken

(There's nothing wise about you)
Come on, come and tell me now
(There's nothing wise about you)
Do you like rumba, or do you not like anything?
(There's nothing wise about you)
Come on, go, oh, talk a lot, blah, blah, blah
(There's nothing wise about you)
In front of me you're my friend, behind me you stab me

(There's nothing wise about you)
Go and tell the wise man
(There's nothing wise about you)
That his carnival is over
(There's nothing wise about you)
Carnival, carnival-goers
(There's nothing wise about you)

You have no happiness
(There's nothing wise about you)
(There's nothing wise about you)
Hey, there's nothing wise about you
(There's nothing wise about you)
Nothing left, nothing

(There's nothing wise about you)
Don't come to me with stories
(There's nothing wise about you)
I know your prophecy
(There's nothing wise about you)
On the tip of my tongue
(There's nothing wise about you)
I'll put you a flower and a complaint
(There's nothing wise about you)

Go on!

I told you I was coming hard
And you didn't believe it

And you have no happiness
(There's nothing wise about you)
Come on, tell me now
(There's nothing wise about you)
Hey, how wise can you be?
(There's nothing wise about you)
On your tombstone they will write
(There's nothing wise about you)
Here now rests the sage

(There's nothing wise about you)
And tell us who knew more
(There's nothing wise about you)
And in glory you shall wait for me
(There's nothing wise about you)
Oh, to tell me so many things
(There's nothing wise about you)
That you will tell no one
(There's nothing wise about you)
Tell me who was the wise man

Wise on paper!
Careful, I'll cut you off