El vals del minuto [English translation]

I have only a minute, a minute, just a little minute

nothing but a little minute

sixty seconds that is all the time I have

they didn't give me more, to sing this little waltz

I know it's hard, but I'll try

I wish to go, but before I'll take the minute

and I swear I'll fill it with the notes Chopin wrote

There's no other way, I'll have to do it

I wish to do it without making mistakes

but it's so hard without making mistakes

breathing on time, not missing a note

and keep going, hehehe, smiling,

For you to be satisfied

and don't complain at the ticket office

giving back the tickets

and saying this is awful

I know there are many singers

who divide this little waltz in two or three parts

but I do it on one shot

like the author dreamed it

And now I must concentrate

breath deeply

open the mouth wide

I passed it without difficulty

I came to the half

This part is calmer

Is it the bridge or the theme?

I'm wondering where am I

Honestly I don't have the littlest idea

I'm having less than thirty seconds

less than thirty seconds, I'm having less

I'm having less, almost twenty seven

to complete this little waltz

Every quaver is a torture

If I don't breath I'll be left hard over my lungs

When I finish this nonsense

I'll go off, I'll go off, yes sirs

to eat a good dish of ravioli

And no slowly, there's little remaining

just ten compasses and a speed up

Ah! if we hurry I'm afraid of not finishing it

I wonder: and Chopin, that tuberculous

what was he thinking when he wrote it?

Oh! I can't believe it!

We came to the end of this goddamned waltz!

• Artist:Nacha Guevara
• Album:Las mil y una nachas (1974)