Dandy,
ahora te llaman
los que no te conocieron
cuando entonces
eras terrán,
porque pasás por niño bien
y ahora te creen que sos un gran bacán;
mas yo sé, dandy,
que sos un seco, y en el barrio
se comentan fulerías,
para tu mal...
Cuando sepan que sos confidente,
tus amigos del café
te piantarán.

Has nacido en una cuna
de malevos, calaveras,
de vivillos y otras yerbas...
Sin embargo, ¡quién diria!,
en el circo de la vida
siempre fuistes un chabón.
Entre la gente del hampa
no has tenido performance,
pero dicen los pipiolos
que se ha corrido la bolilla
y han junado que sos
un gran batidor...

Dandy,
en vez de darte
tanto corte pensá un poco
en tu viejita
y en su dolor.
Tu pobre hermana en el taller
su vida entrega con entero amor
y por las noches
su almita enferma,
con la de su madrecita
en una sola sufriendo están...
Pero un dia,
cuando nieve en tu cabeza,
a tu hermana y a tu vieja
llorarás.

English translation

Dude,
now they call you
those who didn't know you
when you were
you were a terran,
because you pass for a good boy
and now they think you're a great big shot;
but I know, dandy,
that you are dry, and in the neighborhood
they talk nonsense,
to your discomfort...
When they know that you are a confidant,
your friends at the café
will pity you.

You were born in a cradle
of malevos, calaveras,
and other weeds...
However, who would have thought!
in the circus of life
you were always a kid.
Among the people of the underworld
you had no performance,
but the pipiolos say
that they have spread the word
and they have found that you are
a great beater...

Dude,
instead of giving yourself
so much cut, think a little bit
about your old lady
and her pain.
Your poor sister in the workshop
her life is given with all her love
and at night
her sick soul,
with that of her little mother
are suffering as one...
But one day,
when it snows in your head,
your sister and your old lady
you will cry.