Lyrics of Barranquilla - Beatriz Luengo

Barranquilla (original)

Ahí está
Como las aves que cuando vuelan, siempre regresan al nido
Ahí está
Como una estrella que alumbra su Colombia querida
Ella no encontró un futuro mejor
Desesperada ante las puertas de la miseria
Viendo acercarse la tragedia de estar sin techo
Y sin cobijo, tembló al mirar la cara de su hijo
Y aceptó ese trato que no saldría nada barato
Aunque ser mula del narcotráfico, no era su sueño
Ella sabía que ante la adversidad
Los sueños se convierten en la dura realidad
Tan pura de tomar, como lo que ella misma ha de tragar
Y mientras el hombre la convencía, le recordaba
Que mientras más tragaba más dinero hacía…
Mientras tragaba, rezaba
Mientras rezaba, pedía
A este Dios que hoy le cuida
Si este pecado le perdonaría
Mientras tragaba, rezaba
Mientras rezaba, pedía
Por su hijo, si es que algún día
No lo entendería
Mientras tragaba, rezaba
Mientras rezaba, pedía
A este Dios que hoy le cuida
Si este pecado le perdonaría
Mientras tragaba, rezaba
Mientras rezaba, pedía
Y entendía que este era el precio
De las calles de Barranquilla…
No sabe qué le espera, no sabe quién le espera
Detrás de la frontera y sólo espera
Que mientras la cachean
No sea su cara quien delate la primera prueba
Cuando sentada pensaba que lo peor había pasado
Leyendas que le contaron, rondaron por su cabeza
Y es que ese dolor en su estómago
Wse sudor que no cesa ya
Y mientras respiraba pa' calmar sus nervios
Preguntaba si el veneno que mató su conciencia
Hoy robaría su presencia
Pero ya es tarde, ya es tarde
Porque esta pasajera no se despierta!
Mientras tragaba, rezaba
Mientras rezaba, pedía
A este Dios que hoy le cuida
Si este pecado le perdonaría
Mientras tragaba, rezaba
Mientras rezaba, pedía
Por su hijo, si es que algún día
No lo entendería
Mientras tragaba, rezaba
Mientras rezaba, pedía
A este Dios que hoy le cuida
Si este pecado le perdonaría
Mientras tragaba, rezaba
Mientras rezaba, pedía
Y entendía que este era el precio
De las calles de Barranquilla…

(translation)

There is
Like the birds that when they fly, they always return to the nest
There is
Like a star that lights up your beloved Colombia
She did not find a better future
Desperate before the gates of misery
Seeing the tragedy of being homeless approaching
And without shelter, she shivered as she looked at her son's face
And she accepted that deal that nothing would come cheap
Although being a drug mule was not his dream
She knew that in the face of adversity
Dreams become the harsh reality
So pure to drink, as what she herself has to swallow
And while the man convinced her, she reminded him
That the more she swallowed the more money she made she…
As she swallowed, she prayed
As she prayed, she asked
To this God who cares for you today
If this sin would forgive him
As she swallowed, she prayed
As she prayed, she asked
For her son of hers, if one day
she wouldn't understand
As she swallowed, she prayed
As she prayed, she asked
To this God who cares for you today
If this sin would forgive him
As she swallowed, she prayed
As I prayed, I asked
And she understood that this was the price
From the streets of Barranquilla...
She doesn't know what awaits her, she doesn't know who awaits her
Behind the border and just waiting
That while they frisk her
It is not her face that betrays the first test
When she sat she thought the worst was over
Legends that were told to him, haunted his head
And that pain in your stomach
Wse sweat that she does not stop anymore
And while she breathed to calm her nerves
She was asking if the poison that killed her conscience
She today she would steal his presence
But it's too late, it's too late
Because this passenger does not wake up!
As she swallowed, she prayed
As she prayed, she asked
To this God who cares for you today
If this sin would forgive him
As she swallowed, she prayed
As she prayed, she asked
For her son of hers, if one day
she wouldn't understand
As she swallowed, she prayed
As I prayed, I asked
To this God who cares for you today
If this sin would forgive him
As she swallowed, she prayed
As she prayed, she asked
And she understood that this was the price
From the streets of Barranquilla...