Todo El Año Es Carnaval
Dante A. Linyera
All Year is Carnival
The carnival magician plays in the streets,
Loud jingle bells of irony,
Boys, tonight we’re running
With the arm of pleasure and joy...
Life without fun is a graveyard
And a soul without love, a garden without flowers.
We gotta enjoy, 'cause life is short,
And sing this triumphant song:
All year is carnival,
Every person a jester,
Why would you mope around
When happiness is in laughter?
All year is carnival,
Forget about your pain,
This world is a fandango
And once you gotta die...
If love treats you bad,
What do you care about love?
Put on another disguise
To hide your heart...
All year is carnival,
So let’s dance and laugh,
This world is a fandango
And once you gotta die...
Let our sorrows fly through the parade
Like a slithering streamer,
We gotta enjoy 'cause life is short,
Live for love that lasts a day...
Raise our glasses, friends!
Let’s toast to the fragile colombina
Who in a crazy flirt with a puppet
Made fun of her sad pierrot.