El mala estrella [English translation]

Here's the new ballad for you,

it's the story of a friend

who was born under an unlucky star

He's very much in love

but it's not requited

because he was born under an unlucky star.

I tell him "don't be stupid,

don't make such a fool of yourself

the girl ... she doesn't love you ...

I know for sure that she's got the hots

for a guy who is very manly

but as he is friend of ours

it's better I don't give you his name".

What am I to do

if each time she looks at me

she tells me and sighs to me

that there is no other like me.

What am I to do

if I too look at her,

tell her and sigh to her

that with her love I am complete.

But he carries on with his dream

of becoming her lover.

The girl ... she doesn't want him ...

I send him to the bar

let a bottle be finished

but now even wine doesn't do it for him

because he was born under an unlucky star.

(It repeats from "What am I to do")