Ramon Ayala "Dos Monedas" lyrics

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Dos Monedas

Soy el mas desdichado del mundoY la culpa la tiene este vicioMe dejo la mujer que tenia ahora pierdo tambien a mi hijoEl jamas supo lo que era un padrePor que yo andaba siempre borrachoEl pidiendo en la calle limosnaPara que yo siguera tomandoUna noche llovio hasta el inviernoLlego el pobre hasta donde yo estabaY me dijo perdon papasitoahora si que no me dieron nadaTengo hambre y tambien mucho frioPor favor hoy no me digas nadaPero yo ciego de tanta iraLe golpie hasta casi matarloY le dije te vas a la calleYa no pienso seguirte aguantandoya no tienes ni casa ni padre si no traespara seguir tomandosalio el pobre temblando de frioy llorando por lo que le dijemientras yo en la casa embrutecidosabradios que tanto lo maldijeel alcohol y el sueño me vencierondesperte casi ya amaneciendoal abrir la puerta de la casano crei lo que yo estaba viendoalli estaba mi hijo tiradohabia muerto de hambre y de frioen su mano le halle dos monedasque me traiba pa comprar mas vinoy yo briago no oi que tocabay asi el pobre murio en el olvidopor borracho perdi yo a mi hijoy a mi esposa que tanto adorabayo le quiero pedir a los padresque no le hagan un mal a sus hijostal vez dios me mando este castigopor tirarme a la senda del vicio.

Two coins

I'm the unhappiest one in the worldAnd this vice is to blameThe wife I had, left meNow I'm also losing my sonHe never knew what a real father wasBecause I was drunk all the timeWhile he was begging in the streetsSo that I could continue drinkingOne night, it pelted downThe poor boy came to where I wasAnd said "I'm sorry daddyToday I couldn't get any money,I'm really hungry and really coldPlease don't scold me today"But I, blind with rage,Beat him until I nearly killed himAnd I said to him "You are going back to the streetI don't plan on keep putting up with youYou no longer have neither a home nor a fatherUnless you bring back money so I could keep on drinking"The poor bow went out, shivering with coldAnd crying because of what I had just told himWhile I stayed at home, narcotizedOnly God knows how much I cursed himAlcohol and drowsiness took over meI woke up almost by dawnAnd when I opened the house's main doorI couldn't believe what I was seeingThere was my son, lying downHe died of starvation and coldIn his hand I found two coinsHe brought them to buy more liquorBut since I was drunk I couldn't hear him knockingAnd like that, the poor boy died into oblivionBecause I was a drunkard, I lost my sonAnd the wife I loved so muchThat's why I want to ask to all parentsNot to hurt their sons in any wayMaybe God gave me this punishmentBecause I threw myself into the path of vice

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