Les Luthiers — Teorema de Thales song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Teorema de Thales" by Les Luthiers.
Lyrics
Si tres o más paralelas, si tres o más parale-le-le-las
Si tres o más paralelas, si tres o más parale-le-le-las
Son cortadas por dos transversales
Son cortadas por dos transversales
Si tres o más parale-le-le-las
Son cortadas, son cortadas
Dos segmentos de una de estas, dos segmentos cualesquiera
Dos segmentos de una de estas son proporcionales
a los dos segmentos correspondientes de la otra.
a paralela a b,
b paralela a c,
a paralela a b, paralela a c, paralela a d
OP es a PQ
MN es a NT
OP es a PQ como MN es a NT
a paralela a b,
b paralela a c
OP es a PQ como MN es a NT
La bisectriz yo trazaré y a cuatro planos intersectaré
Una igualdad yo encontraré: OP más PQ es igual a ST
Usaré la hipotenusa
Ay no te compliques, nadie la usa
Trazaré, pues, un cateto
Yo no me meto, yo no me meto.
Triángulo, tetrágono, pentágono, hexágono,
heptágono, octógono, son todos polígonos
Seno, coseno, tangente y secante,
y la cosecante, y la cotangente
Thales, Thales de Mileto
Thales, Thales de Mileto
Que es lo que queríamos demostrar.
Quesque loque loque queri queri amos
demos demos demostrar.
Lyrics translation
If three or more parallel, if three or more parallel
If three or more parallel, if three or more parallel
They are cut by two transversals
They are cut by two transversals
If three or more parale-le-le-Les
They're cut, they're cut
Two segments of one of these, any two segments
Two segments of one of these are proportional
the two corresponding segments of the other.
a parallel to b,
B parallel to c,
a parallel to b, parallel to c, parallel to d
OP es a PQ
MN ES to NT
OP is to PQ as MN is to NT
a parallel to b,
B parallel to c
OP is to PQ as MN is to NT
The bisector I will draw and four planes intersect
An equality I'll find: OP plus PQ equals ST
I'll use the hypotenuse.
Oh, don't worry, nobody uses it.
I will therefore draw a line
I don't get in, I don't get in.
Triangle, Tetragon, pentagon, hexagon,
Heptagon, Octagon, they're all polygons
Sine, cosine, tangent and secant,
and the cosecant, and the cotangent
Thales, Thales of Miletus
Thales, Thales of Miletus
Which is what we wanted to prove.
Quesque loque Loque queri queri amos
let's let's prove it.