Paroles et traduction Jenni Rivera - El Viejo y Yo

El Viejo y Yo

Se está acabando aquel viejo
Que nunca supe escuchar
El me ofrecía su espejo
Para poderme mirara
Cuando me dada un consejo
Lo criticaba muy mal

El viejo no se sabe nada
Ya está pasado de edad
Son sus ideas anticuadas
Yo no le hacía caso ya
Equivocada yo estaba
A catorce años de edad

Hoy que a la vida me enfrento
Abecés no que hacer
Yo necesito a mi padre
Que tarde fui a comprender
Que era un sabio en sus consejos
Lastima que ya se me fue

Lo que tu piensas de un viejo
Es lo mismo que serás
Lo que tú sembraste ayer
Es lo que hoy cosecharas
No te olvides que mañana
Padre también tú serás

Allí estaba yo escuchando
El me hablaba sin parara
Quiere mucho a tus hermanos
Y aprende a perdonar
Recuerda todos pagamos
Si no es aquí es mas allá

Mi padre dijo al morir
Que me empiecen a tocar
Mi despedida norteña
Al ver mis ojos cerrar
Tóquenme el puño de tierra
Y el hijo errante al final.

The Old Man and Me

That old man is fading away
The one I never listened to
He offered me his mirror
So I could look at myself
When he gave me advice
I criticized him harshly

The old man doesn't know anything
He's past his prime
His ideas are outdated
I didn't listen to him anymore
I was wrong
At fourteen years of age

Now that I face life
Sometimes I don't know what to do
I need my father
How late I was to understand
That he was wise in his advice
Too bad he's already gone

What you think of an old man
Is the same as you will be
What you sowed yesterday
Is what you will reap today
Don't forget that tomorrow
You too will be a father

There I was listening
He spoke to me non-stop
Love your siblings very much
And learn to forgive
Remember we all pay
If not here, then beyond

My father said as he died
Let them start playing for me
My Northern farewell
When they see my eyes close
Play me the Fistful of Earth
And The Prodigal Son at the end