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Translation
To each his own
To each his own
there is no accounting for taste
devices, beasts, men and women
each one is the way it is,
each one is unique.
and goes down the stairs the way he likes.
But if I have to choose I'm in favor of
the street voices
more than of the dictionary.
I like more the neighborhoods
than the downtown.
The craft makers more
than the factories.
The reason more than the strength
The instinct more than the courtesy.
And a Sioux more
than the 7th Cavalry.
I prefer the roads over the frontiers
and a butterfly over the Rockefeller Center
and the Capdevera lighthouse keeper
over the west lookout.
I prefer to want over to be able, to feel over to step;
to win over to lose, to kiss over to fuss,
to dance over to parade, and to enjoy over to measure.
I prefer to fly over to run, to do over to think
to love over to want, to take over to ask,
first of all I'm in favor of living.
To each his own
there is no accounting for taste
devices, beasts, men and women
each one is the way it is,
each one is unique.
and goes down the stairs the way he likes.
But if I have to choose I prefer
a good shag over a ticking-off
and a fireman over a bomber,
to grow over to settle down.
I prefer the flesh over the metal
and the windows over the openings,
the mole of your face over the national art gallery
and the revolution over the nightmares.
I prefer time over money, life over dream,
the dog over the collar, sense over hot air,
and the unknown wise
over the well-known madmen.
I prefer to want over to be able, to feel over to step;
to win over to lose, to kiss over to fuss,
to dance over to parade, and to enjoy over to measure.
I prefer to fly over to run, to do over to think
to love over to want, to take over to ask,
first of all I'm in favor of living.
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Diazepan Medina on 2017-03-14Last edited by Diazepan Medina on 2019-04-07
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Joan Manuel Serrat: Top 3
| 1. | Cantares |
| 2. | Mediterráneo |
| 3. | Paraules d'amor |
Idioms from "Cada loco con su ..."
| 1. | Cada loco con su tema |
| 2. | Querer é poder |
| 3. | Sentar la cabeza |
| 4. | there's no accounting for taste |
| 5. | to each his own |
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