El tra la la y el punteado
The tra la la and the plucking

Es en balde, majo mío, que sigas hablando
It is in vain, majo mine, that you continue speaking 
(a majo is a 18th-19th century working class man from Madrid) 

porque hay cosas 
because there are things

que contesto yo siempre cantando:
that I answer I always singing:

Tra la la...
Tra la la. . . 

Por más que preguntes tanto:
However much you ask so much:
(no matter how much you ask)

tra la la...
tra la la. . .

En mí no causas quebranto
In me no you cause sorrow 

ni yo he de salir de mi canto:
neither I have to depart from my song:

tra la la...
tra la la. . .