Paroles et traduction Pedro Infante - La Tertulia

La Tertulia

La otra noche fui de fiesta en casa ′e Julia
Se encontraba ya reunida la familia
Mari, Pepa, Felícitas, Luz y Otilia
Y Camila, que alegraba la tertulia

Mientras Lupe daba al niño su mamila
Doña Cleta pidió un botella a Celia
Nos formó a los de confianza dos en fila
Y brindamos con charanda de Morelia

Después Amelia puso la vitrola
Y le tupimos a la danza, ahí, hechos bola
Había un cadete que celaba a Chelo
Mas la canija con Gaspar se daba vuelo

Ay-aja-jay

Después nos dieron sándwichitos de jalea
A unos ponche y a los tristes coca-cola
Como la gata pa' servir ni se menea
Pa′ la cocina, yo me fui con mi charola

Ahí me encontré con los amiguitos de Ofelia
Que a contrabando habían pasado su tequila
Nos aventamos una copas tras la pila
Y por poquito, ya mero nos cae Amelia

Luego pidieron que cantara Lola
Y soportamos "Ay, Te Doy la Despedida"
Después tía Cleta tocó la pianola
Pa' que no hablara, le dimos buena aplaudida

Ay-aja-jay
Y siguió la fiestecita

Yo me hice fuerte y les canté "Una Carta a Eufemia"
Que me echo un gallo y un changuito me vacila
Que me le arranco, pero me detuvo Eufemia
Si no en el limbo, ya estuviera haciendo fila

Pero ya estaba digerida la jalea
Pos' la mujer del general me hacía la bola
Fue con el chisme la metiche de Carola
Que viene el viejo y que empieza la pelea

Se armó el relajo, sacó su pistola
Yo, precavido, me escondí tras la pianola
Vino la Julia, que llamo Carola
Y pa′ la cárcel nos llevaron hechos bola

The Gathering

The other night I went to a party at Julia's house
The family was already gathered
Mari, Pepa, Felícitas, Luz, and Otilia
And Camila, who livened up the gathering

While Lupe was bottle-feeding the baby
Doña Cleta asked Celia for a bottle
She lined us up two by two, us confidants
And we toasted with charanda from Morelia

Then Amelia put on the Victrola
And we danced the night away, huddled together
There was a cadet who was jealous of Chelo
But the little minx was having a ball with Gaspar

Ay-aja-jay

Then they gave us little sandwiches with jelly
Some had punch, and the sad ones had Coca-Cola
The cat didn't even budge to serve
I went to the kitchen with my plate

There I found Ofelia's friends
Who had smuggled in their tequila
We knocked back one drink after another
And Amelia almost caught us

Then they asked Lola to sing
And we endured "Ay, I Give You My Farewell"
Then Aunt Cleta played the pianola
So we wouldn't talk, we gave her a good round of applause

Ay-aja-jay
And the party went on

I fortified myself and sang "A Letter to Eufemia"
I hit a high note and a monkey heckled me
I was about to swat it away, but Eufemia stopped me
If not, I'd already be standing in line in limbo

But the jelly had already been digested
The general's wife was sweet on me
Metiche Carola started gossiping
And the old man came and the fight began

It was chaos, he pulled out his gun
I ducked behind the pianola, being careful
Julia came, who Carola had called
And they took us to jail, all in a bundle