Translation of the song lyrics El pintor - Atahualpa Yupanqui

El pintor (original)

Creyendo hacer cosa buena
Un pintor me pinto un día
Mas me pinto por afuera
Porque adentro no veía
¿Cuando vendrá ese pintor
Que pinte lo que yo siento?
Ganas de vivir la vida
Sin angustias ni tormentos…
Es mal pintor el pintor
Que me ha pintado ese día
Cantando coplas serranas
Con la barriga vacía
Es mal pintor el pintor
Y en esto no hay duda alguna
Pues solo pintó mi poncho
Y se olvidó de mi hambruna
¿Cuando vendrá ese pintor
Que pinte lo que yo siento?
Ganas de vivir la vida
Sin pesares ni tormentos
Creyendo hacer cosa buena…

El pintor (translation)

Believing to do a good thing
A painter painted me one day
But I paint myself on the outside
Because inside I did not see
When will that painter come
What paints what I feel?
You want to live life
Without anguish or torment...
The painter is a bad painter
That he has painted me that day
Singing mountain songs
with an empty belly
The painter is a bad painter
And in this there is no doubt
Well he just painted my poncho
And he forgot about my famine
When will that painter come
What paints what I feel?
You want to live life
Without regrets or torments
Believing to do a good thing...