Текст и перевод песни Edmundo Rivero - Aguja Brava

Aguja Brava

En un feca de barrio
Un laburante le otivaba a un vivillo
Que habia caido de recalada
A mandarse una caña antes del apolillo.

La laburó de guapo, piolamente,
Y la milonguera, su caro berretín,
ñapada postamente en su bulín,
Rejunó cayetana el expediente.

Era una naifa piya y cadenera
Que andaba con la yuta cabreiroa;
Con prontuario a la gurda, sobradora,
Y una pintusa de percanta buena.

Él, que había sido un liso bien cheronca,
Un caferata de tapín y escuela,
Perdió su cancha laburando, ¡oi′dioca!,
De colchonero y refilando tela.

Tanto amó el longipietro a la taquera
Que aguantiñó, robreca,
Que la barra nochera lo llamara,
Por Pamela y por merlo mishé,
Aguja Brava.

Y así terminó un piola, Aguja Brava,
Que por amor quedó cardando lana.
Antes, sacaba tela de las minas
Y ahora le hace colchones a la cana.

Needlepoint Brava

In a neighborhood dive bar
A working man was bragging to a hustler
Who had dropped by
To have a drink before the cops came.

He worked as a thug, cleverly,
And the club singer, his expensive crush,
Met him after hours in his apartment,
And they put on a great show.

She was a sly and streetwise dame
Who was always in trouble with the police;
With an impressive record, she was a braggart,
And a flashy dresser to boot.

He, who had been a very smooth operator,
A hustler of the highest order,
Lost his nerve working, gee whiz,
As a mattress maker and cutting cloth.

He loved the barmaid so much so
That he hung on, darling,
Even though the night crowd called him,
Out of affection or mockery,
Needlepoint Brava.

And so it ended for a smooth operator, Needlepoint Brava,
Who for love was left carding wool.
Before, he used to take advantage of women
And now he makes mattresses for the cops.