Memphis La Blusera — Sopa de Letras song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Sopa de Letras" by Memphis La Blusera.

Lyrics

A través de un vidrio empañado
Un desfile incesante de recuerdos
La imagen transformada
De un amigo de otros tiempos
Asfixiaba con su axila
Cuatro libros
Cuatro sabios pensamientos
En la parada del 5
Le preguntamos: «¿dónde vas?»
«al centro» nos respondió
Y el que nunca más volvió
El barrio lo está esperando
Gastó todo el sueldo en libros
Qué manera de tirar la plata
Se lo veía confundido
Y la cabeza le pesaba
Y la cuchara agonizaba
En una sopa de letras
Sus amigos resultaron simples
Dejó el barrio, se fue pa' el centro
Fue a parar entre intelectuales
Y snobistas mistificadores
Y la cuchara agonizaba
En una sopa de letras
Todas las noches en Corrientes
En La Paz o en La Giralda
Chamuyando de cosas abstractas
Con palabras rebuscadas
Y la cuchara agonizaba
En una sopa de letras
Empezó a usar anteojos
Sus ojos no veían bien
Tan presumido el sabelotodo
Que no pudo comprender
Y la cuchara se moría
En una sopa de letras
Volvé al barrio, en el 5
Porque el barrio es más lindo
Volvé al barrio, en el 5
Volvé al barrio…

Lyrics translation

Through a tinted glass
A ceaseless parade of memories
The transformed image
From a friend of yesteryear
Choking with his armpit
Four books
Four wise thoughts
At the stop of 5
We asked him, " Where Are you going?»
"to the center," he replied
And the one who never came back
The neighborhood is waiting for you
He spent all his salary on books.
What a way to throw the money
He looked confused.
And his head weighed
And the spoon was dying
In a soup of letters
His friends turned out simple
He left the neighborhood, he left downtown.
It ended up among intellectuals
And mystifying snobbery
And the spoon was dying
In a soup of letters
Every night in Corrientes
In La Paz or La Giralda
Scorching of abstract things
With far-fetched words
And the spoon was dying
In a soup of letters
He started wearing glasses
His eyes could not see well
So smug the wise guy
That he could not understand
And the spoon was dying
In a soup of letters
Go back to the neighborhood, on the 5th.
Because the neighborhood is nicer
Go back to the neighborhood, on the 5th.
Go back to the neighborhood…