| Cada quien cuenta cómo le va en la feria,
| Everyone tells how they are doing at the fair,
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| Cada quien dice lo que más le conviene,
| Everyone says what is best for them,
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| Si estoy aquí es porque me lo he ganado,
| If I'm here it's because I've earned it,
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| Los envidiosos me tienen sin cuidado,
| The envious don't care about me,
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| Yo no platico pa' que no celen,
| I do not talk so that they do not celebrate,
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| Porque la envidia tiene el sueño muy ligero,
| Because envy is a very light sleeper,
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| Muy poderoso caballero es Don Dinero…
| Very powerful knight is Mr. Money...
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| Nací en un rancho muy humilde no lo niego,
| I was born in a very humble ranch I don't deny it,
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| Tuve carencias pero nunca supe cuales,
| I had shortcomings but I never knew which ones,
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| Me curaba el hambre con tortilla y huevos,
| I cured my hunger with omelette and eggs,
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| Pa' divertirme jugaba en los matorrales,
| To have fun I played in the bushes,
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| Aprendí el jale nada más mirando al viejo,
| I learned the pull just by looking at the old man,
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| Como manual de vida llevo sus consejos,
| As a life manual I take his advice,
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| Y de mi madre siempre sobraron sus rezos.
| And my mother's prayers always left over from him.
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| Toda la gente arrima agua pa' su molino,
| All the people bring water to his mill,
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| Y no se fija a quien se lleva entre las patas,
| And he doesn't pay attention to who he carries between his legs,
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| Solo recalco que y eso no ha sido mi estilo,
| I only emphasize that and that has not been my style,
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| Si doy la mano es porque nunca espero nada,
| If I shake hands it's because I never expect anything,
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| En esta vida hay que ser agradecido,
| In this life you have to be grateful,
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| Y mi mano siempre está firme pa' un amigo,
| And my hand is always firm for a friend,
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| Somos arrieros y andamos en el camino…
| We are muleteers and we walk on the road...
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| No porque traigas buena silla eres caballo,
| Not because you bring a good saddle you are a horse,
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| A veces el que más presume menos tiene,
| Sometimes the one who boasts the most has the least,
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| Muchos ni saben lo que es andar batallando,
| Many don't even know what it's like to be fighting,
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| Nomás ven verdes y como moscas se vienen, | They just see green and like flies they come, |
| Yo se lo suyo no me anden haciendo panchos,
| I know yours, don't go around making hot dogs,
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| Grábenselo bien en la cabeza muchachos,
| Record it well in your head guys,
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| Que usar sombrero tampoco te hace de rancho. | That wearing a hat doesn't make you a ranch either. |