Hoy le puse los largos al pibe,
unos mangos y la llave le di.
Ya no quiero que nadie lo mime,
que camine y aprenda a vivir.
El recuerdo de la que se ha ido
fue tan grande que casi aflojé,
si hasta llegan temblando a mi oído
palabras de aquella que nunca olvidé.

Mi pibe
ya es todo un hombre,
si vos vieja lo vieras
lo bien que le quedan,
parece un galán.
Mi pibe
ya es todo un hombre,
que enorme alegría,
si vos estuvieras,
¡dejame llorar!

Hoy le puse los largos al pibe,
otro pibe lo vino a buscar,
me dio un beso y se fueron al cine,
quedé solo y me puse a llorar.
Si estuvieras vos vieja conmigo,
si lo vieras ya hecho un señor,
con los largos igual a los míos,
también llorarías como lloro yo.

English translation

Today I put the lengths on the kid,
a few bucks and the key I gave him.
I don't want anyone to pamper him anymore,
I want him to walk and learn to live.
The memory of the one that's gone
was so great that I almost let go,
if even the words of the one I never forgot came trembling to my ear
words of the one I never forgot.

My boy
is already a man,
if you old lady could see
how well they fit him,
he looks like a handsome man.
My boy
is already a man,
what a great joy,
if you were there,
let me cry!

Today I gave the boy the long ones,
another boy came to pick him up,
gave me a kiss and they went to the movies,
I was left alone and I started to cry.
If you were with me, old lady,
if you saw him all grown up,
with long hair like mine,
you would also cry as I cry.