Bamboleo/Caballo Viejo [English translation]

Kicking over the traces, kicking,

‘cause this is how I’ve learned to live.

Kicking over the traces, kicking,

‘cause this is how I’ve learned to live.

When love

arrives in such an unexpected way

you don’t even notice

that carutal gets green,

guamanchito blooms

and the rope breaks.

When love

arrives in such an unexpected way

there’s no one to blame,

love doesn’t know what timetable is

and it doesn’t check the calendar

when passions want to unite.

Old horse, they already left you in peace,

‘cause you’re old and tired,

but they don’t know

that if they loosened the reins

your lovestruck heart

would prance.

And if a bay filly

meets an old horse,

his heart will go mad,

ignoring the bridle,

and won’t be stopped by a curb bit,

nor by the false reins.

Kicking over the traces, kicking,

‘cause this is how I’ve learned to live.

Kicking over the traces, kicking,

‘cause this is how I’ve learned to live. (x2)

Old horse, they already left you in peace,

‘cause you’re old and tired,

but they don’t know

that if they loosened the reins

your lovestruck heart

would prance.

A colt gives time to the time,

‘cause he still has got time to wait,

an old horse cannot

lose the flower which he is given,

‘cause when this life ends

there will be no other chances left.

Kicking over the traces, kicking,

‘cause this is how I’ve learned to live.

Kicking over the traces, kicking,

‘cause this is how I’ve learned to live. (x2)