| Se abrocharon la camisa, después se pusieron el traje
| They buttoned up their shirts, then put on their suits
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| Se calzaron a sus queridas y sus zapatos más brillantes
| They put on their darlings and their brightest shoes
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| Luego cogieron el bolso, (el de piel de cocodrilo)
| Then they took the bag, (the crocodile skin one)
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| Y lo llenaron con todo. | And they filled it with everything. |
| Con todo lo que les pidió su ombligo
| With everything your navel asked of you
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| Ahí metieron toda la pasta. | That's where they put all the dough. |
| Toda ilusión, toda esperanza
| All illusion, all hope
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| Toda vergüenza, toda rabia. | All shame, all rage. |
| La poca que aún nos quedaba
| The little that we still had left
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| Lo guardaron con mucho esmero
| They kept it very carefully
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| Para hacer hueco al botín
| To make room for loot
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| No es frecuente ver tanto dinero
| It is not often to see so much money
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| Saliendo junto de un solo país
| Leaving together from a single country
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| Hospitales sin camas. | Hospitals without beds. |
| Escuelas sin maestros.
| Schools without teachers.
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| Casas abandonadas a la fuerza por sus dueños
| Houses abandoned by force by their owners
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| Nos lo quitaron todo. | They took everything from us. |
| Todo lo que quisieron
| all they wanted
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| Nos dejaron desnudos en medio del peor sueño
| They left us naked in the middle of the worst dream
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| Hicieron suyas las leyes. | They made the laws their own. |
| Eran todos buenos tramperos
| They were all good trappers
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| Con ellas llegaron a reyes. | With them they became kings. |
| Chuleando al pueblo entero
| pimping the whole town
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| Tiraron todo por tierra. | They threw everything to the ground. |
| Llenaron todo de polvo
| They filled everything with dust
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| Hundiendo todo en la mierda
| Sinking it all in the shit
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| Tus derechos, mis anhelos, nuestros logros | Your rights, my desires, our achievements |