Here are the lyrics (Spanish then English)
No basta traerlos al mundo
porque es
obligatorio
porque son la base del matrimonio
o porque te
equivocaste en la cuenta.
No basta con llevarlos
a la escuela
a que aprendan
porque la vida cada vez es más dura
ser lo que
tu padre no pudo ser.
No basta que de afecto
tú le has
dado bien poco
todo por culpa del maldito trabajo
y del
tiempo.
No basta porque cuando quiso
hablar
de un problema
tú le dijiste niño: "será mañana
es muy
tarde, estoy cansado".
No basta comprarle todo
lo que quiso
comprarse
el auto nuevo antes de graduarse
que viviera lo que
tú no has vivido.
No basta con creerse
un padre
excelente
porque eso te dice la gente
a tus hijos nunca les
falta nada.
No basta porque cuando quiso
hablarte
de sexo
se te subieron los colores al rostro
y te fuiste.
No basta porque de haber
tenido un
problema
lo habia resuelto comprando en la esquina
lo que
había, lo que había.
No basta con comprarle curiosos
objetos
no basta cuando lo que necesita es afecto
aprender a
dar valor a las cosas
por que tú no le serás eterno.
No basta castigarlo por haber llegado
tarde
si no has caido ya tu chico es un hombre
ahoras más alto
y más fuerte que tú
que tú...
It's not enough to bring them into this
world
because it is required,
because they are the foundation a
marriage,
or because you miscalculated.
It's not enough to take them
to school to learn,
because life always gets tougher...
to be what your father could never be.
It's not enough that you have
given him so little affection,
all because of damn work...
...and time.
It's not enough, because when he wanted
to talk about a problem
you said "we'll talk tomorrow,
it's late, I'm tired".
It's not enough to buy him
everything he wanted,
the new car before graduating,
so that he could live what you did not
live.
It's not enough to believe you're
a great father
because that's what people say,
"your children never lack
nothing".
It's not enough, because when he wanted
to talk about sex
you blushed
and you left.
It's not enough, because
if he had a problem
he would solve it by buying what was
available
on the street corner,...what was
available.
It's not enough to buy curious objects
for him
it's not enough when what he needs is
affection
and to learn to value things,
because you will not be eternal for
him.
It's not enough to punish him for
coming home late,
if you haven't noticed your child is
already a man,
now taller and stronger than you...
...than you.
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