El Uno, El Dos, El Tres Lyrics in English Mecano

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Uno, El Dos, El Tres by Mecano from Spanish to English.

Ese día un día llegara

That day will one day arrive

No sera pronto ni tarde

It won't be soon nor late

Cuando no queda cerilla ya

When there's no matchstick left

Es el dedo lo que arde

It's the finger that burns

Lo que sube habrá de descender

What goes up must come down

Y aunque mientras la escalada

And while the climb

No es cuestión de mirarse a los pies

It's not a matter of looking at your feet

No se yo si esta cordada

I don't know if this rope team

Ha pensado en la bajada

Has thought about the descent

Que si ese día la tortilla da la vuelta

That if that day the tables turn

Veréis que pocos nos quedamos en cubierta

You'll see how few of us remain on deck

El uno, el dos, el tres

The one, the two, the three

Y para de contar

And stop counting

Que al escondite ingles

That to English hide-and-seek

Se han puesto los demás

The others have gone

El uno, el dos, el tres

The one, the two, the three

Y para de cantar

And stop singing

Porque a ninguno le interesa escuchar

Because no one is interested in listening

Aunque en la foto aparentemos mas

Although in the photo we appear more

Somos solo tres polillas

We're only three moths

Que de tanto dar contra el cristal

That from hitting the glass so much

Se han colado en la bombilla

They've snuck into the light bulb

Hasta que la luz de este quinque

Until the light of this oil lamp

Ya no sea lo que era

Is no longer what it was

Y se encienda solo para que

And it turns on only so that

Se la vea desde fuera

It can be seen from outside

Como la de la nevera

Like the one in the refrigerator

Si de ese cuajo la tortilla da la vuelta

If in that way the tables turn

Veréis que pocos nos quedamos en cubierta

You'll see how few of us remain on deck

El uno, el dos, el tres

The one, the two, the three

Y para de contar

And stop counting

Que al escondite ingles

That to English hide-and-seek

Se han puesto los demás

The others have gone

El uno, el dos, el tres

The one, the two, the three

Y para de cantar

And stop singing

Porque a ninguno le interesa escuchar

Because no one is interested in listening

Y quizá volvamos al local

And perhaps we return to the venue

A cantar para nosotros

To sing for ourselves

Lo de 'hoy no me puedo levantar'

The song "Today I Can't Get Up"

Y dejar que esa chorrada

And let that nonsense

Nos empane la mirada

Cloud our vision

Lagrimas de agua pasada

Tears of water under the bridge

Despintando la fachada

Fading the facade

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polillas — moths

Polillas translates to "moths". It's an interesting word choice because it's not commonly found in song lyrics, especially in a metaphorical sense.

In the song, the band Mecano uses "somos solo tres polillas que de tanto dar contra el cristal se han colado en la bombilla" (we are just three moths that, from hitting the glass so much, have gotten into the lightbulb). This vivid imagery portrays them as small, persistent, and perhaps a bit naive, drawn to a light that might ultimately consume them. It's a unique and thought-provoking metaphor for their journey and eventual decline.

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