Siempre es carnaval

How many live in disguise
without knowing that this is the way they are!
How many hear themselves without laughing!
This world is the stage
of a great continuous cinema
that makes us consume.
How much, in the end, it is fooled,
since it is never all true,
and it is a game to get it right:
'The lady is indisposed'
or 'she went out a moment ago';
and the husband plays dead
if they come to collect.

And it is always carnival.
Streamers are falling,
some thick and others thin
that make us stagger.
And when in your costume
the mask is absent
in your innocent face,
the whole year is carnival.
And long live carnival!
You always see little lights.
You are the eternal little mask
who enjoys deceiving.
And when in your disguise
the mask is absent
in your innocent face,
the whole year is carnival.

What a fortune you had!
How golden was your cradle!
That this costs: what do I know!
Women and men
for your love touch the moon
and other things for you...
And if you talk about your family!...
your imperfect past tense
you spent it like a king.
I would like you to tell me,
and leaving some of this aside,
if you have made the account
how many pesos do you owe me?