| Corrido De Juanito (original) | Corrido De Juanito (translation) |
|---|---|
| Casi 14 años | almost 14 years |
| Sin ir a mi tierra | Without going to my land |
| A donde nací | where i was born |
| Ya todo ha cambiado | everything has already changed |
| Le ruego a mi dios | I pray to my god |
| No se olviden de mí | Do not forget me |
| Se murió mi madre | my mother died |
| Y dice mi padre | And my father says |
| Que ya está muy viejo | that he is already very old |
| Y no quiere venir | And he doesn't want to come |
| Y yo sin poder ir | And I can't go |
| Y yo sin poder ir | And I can't go |
| Trabaje y trabaje | Work and work |
| Tengo muchos días | I have many days |
| Que no miro el sol | I don't look at the sun |
| Mis hijos son grandes | my kids are big |
| Y no les entiendo | And I don't understand them |
| No hablan español | They do not speak Spanish |
| No han sentido miedo | They have not felt fear |
| Aquel que no ha visto | The one who has not seen |
| Una camioneta | A truck |
| De migración | of migration |
| O una deportación | Or a deportation |
| O una deportación | Or a deportation |
| De botitas y sombrero | Of boots and hat |
| Me miran seguido | they look at me often |
| Por el freeway | down the freeway |
| Jardinero o cocinero | gardener or cook |
| Igual me la rifo | I still raffle it |
| Dirán anyways | They will say anyway |
| Y aunque me miren pa' abajo | And even if they look at me down |
| La cara levanto | I raise my face |
| Empinándome un bote | taking me on a boat |
| Como quiera soy amigo | Anyway, I'm a friend |
| Y también mexicano | and also mexican |
| Mexicano Hasta El Tope | Mexican to the Top |
| La vida no es fácil | Life is not easy |
| Y menos acá | and less here |
| Lo que dicen no es cierto | what they say is not true |
| Nomás de acordarme | Just remember |
| Las miles de cruces | The thousands of crosses |
| Que vi en el desierto | What I saw in the desert |
| Las noches son tristes | the nights are sad |
| Pensando y pensando | thinking and thinking |
| En los que se quedaron | where they stayed |
| Se me pasa el tiempo | I pass the time |
| Y en ver a mi viejo | And in seeing my old man |
| Y en ver a mi viejo | And in seeing my old man |
| Más que agradecido | more than grateful |
| Estoy con mi dios | I'm with my god |
| Por lo que me ha dado | For what he has given me |
| Les mando un saludo | I send a greeting |
| A todos mis primos | to all my cousins |
| Mis tíos y hermanos | My uncles and brothers |
| Con los ojos tristes | with sad eyes |
| Y paso cansado | and I step tired |
| Promete Juanito | Promise Juanito |
| Que va a visitarlos | That he is going to visit them |
| Y poder abrazarlos | and to be able to hug them |
| Y poder abrazarlos | and to be able to hug them |
| De botitas y sombrero | Of boots and hat |
| Me miran seguido | they look at me often |
| Por el freeway | down the freeway |
| Jardinero o cocinero | gardener or cook |
| Igual me la rifo | I still raffle it |
| Dirán anyways | They will say anyway |
| Y aunque me miren pa' abajo | And even if they look at me down |
| La cara levanto | I raise my face |
| Empinándome un bote | taking me on a boat |
| Como quiera soy amigo | Anyway, I'm a friend |
| Y también mexicano | and also mexican |
| Mexicano Hasta El Tope | Mexican to the Top |
