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Date Posted: 07/ 3/05 1:02pm
Author: Kevin/Huz
Subject: Re: Does anyone have a better translation for "La Trampa"?
In reply to: Bix 's message, "Does anyone have a better translation for "La Trampa"?" on 10/24/04 8:45pm

A poster by the name of Pedro (pedroloal@netvisao.pt) posted the following reply. I couldn't edit it, so I had to delete it completely. I censored a certain four-letter word that ends with T.

>HEY, BUDDY! "LA TRAMPA" DOES NOT MEANS "tHE TRAP", BUT "THE ****". (EL MISMO QUE "LA MIERDA").


>I combed the lyrics off the internet and did a crude
>translation, but was wondering if anyone out there had
>a better one:
>
>
>Cah� en la trampa
>Artiste : Manu Chao
>Album : Radio Bemba Sound System
>
>Cah� en la trampa, de ser tu amigo, cah� en la trampa
>de t� confiar
>desde que un d�a, t� decidiste, dejar lo nuestro en lo
>vulgar
>Cah� en la trampa, de ser tu amigo, cah� en la trampa
>de t� confiar
>desde que un d�a, t� decidiste, dejar lo nuestro en la
>na'
>Tu el que quando, abre la boca, tudo es justicia y
>honestidad
>solo pensaste, en tu futuro, y no aprendiste a calcular
>Cah� en la trampa, de ser tu amigo, cah� en la trampa
>de t� confiar
>t� eras mi amigo, yo era tu socio, y ese negocio me
>sali� mal
>Tu que le tienes, miedo a la vida, que siempre buscas
>seguridad
>tu decidiste, ir a lo tuyo, sin respetar a el personal
>En la gran feria, de la mentira, tu eres el rey el rey
>de un d�a!
>En la gran feria, de la mentira, yo fui el ciego: el
>que no sab�a!
>Cah� en la trampa, de ser tu amigo, cah� en la trampa
>de t� confiar
>desde que un d�a, t� decidiste, dejar lo nuestro en lo
>vulgar...
>Mufatango, mufatango, mufatango, mufatango Mufatango,
>mufatango,
>mufatango, mufatango!!
>
>
>
>(I think this is basically what the song means:)
>
>
>La Trampa (The Trap)
>
>Caught in the trap, to be your friend, I was caught in
>the trap of your trust
>Since the day you decided to leave, that which is ours
>in the vulgar thing.
>Caught in the trap, to be your friend, I was caught in
>the trap of your trust.
>Since the day you decided to leave that which is ours.
>You're the one that, when you open your mouth, justice
>and uprightness is yours alone.
>You thought, in your future, and did not learn to
>calculate
>Caught in the trap, to be your friend, I was caught in
>the trap of your trust.
>You were my friend, I was your associate, and that
>business left me badly.
>You, who fear life and always seek security, you
>decided to go without respect to the personnel
>In the great fair of the lie, you are the king, the
>king of the day!
>In the great fair of the lie, I was the blind one, the
>one that did not know!
>Caught in the trap, to be your friend, I was caught in
>the trap of your trust
>Since the day you decided to leave, that which is ours
>in the vulgar thing.
>Mufatango, mufatango, mufatango, mufatango, mufatango,
>mufatango, mufatango, mufatango!!

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  • Re: Does anyone have a better translation for "La Trampa"? -- An aid, 11/ 1/08 8:42am
  • Why answer something that's 2 yrs. old? -- Bart Simpson, 11/11/08 2:31pm
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