Aquellos tiempos [English translation]

It was time for a change

it was time for a stampede,

it was time to go,

it was time for this song

It was time to see

time in a different light,

and I didn't know it was

time for love

It was time

for one thing at a time,

it was time for Bossa

or Candombear*

For those days I was always

short on time

and I could never found time

anywhere

It should be stated that it's time

to recall old times,

that city,

even though it's just

to say

that from time to time

it's good to remember:

that old times are worse

there's not lost time worse,

than the time you yearn for

It was May, '68

but in a Montevideo of '83

it was time for freedom,

it was time for dictatorships

to fall down

it was a time for revolutions,

demonstrations;

I started smoking

and when I smoked,

time would slowed down

and I would sit

to see it go by

to see it go by

It should be stated that it's time

to recall old times,

the university,

even though is just to

learn,

that time doesn't usually

turn back.

that old times are worse

there's not lost time worse

than the time you yearn for.