Colón 34 [English translation]

Two nights ago, as I left work

to walk home to rest,

a conceited working class guy said to me:

you listen, darling, you can be accompanied

and invited...

And if you want

we'll go to some cinema,

I must warn you that I'm a very formal man,

and afterwards, when we come out

we will go to the Café San Millán.

Columbus, 34 Columbus Street,

is where you have your dwelling

and a very decent girl,

absolutely unpretentious

in the street Columbus, Columbus, Columbus,

always at your disposal.

A know-nothing young gentleman, with gloves and spats

and a long neck that looked like a lift

wanted to take me to the Palace Hotel

to dance that thing they call the fox-trot,

well, far from pleasant1

A dirty old man also wanted me to be

in his car,

it didn't happen. What for?

But I said to him: good,

if the gentleman is bad

get lost.

Columbus, 34 Columbus street,

is where you have your dwelling

and a very decent girl,

absolutely unpretentious

in the street Columbus, Columbus, Columbus,

always at your disposal.

And a very decent girl,

absolutely unpretentious

in the street Columbus, Columbus, Columbus,

always at your disposal.

1. as she went Mexican in her early twenties, "gacho" probably probably means "rotten" as well as "misshapen"

• Artist:Sara Montiel
• Album:La Reina del Chantecler (1963)