| Yo naci con la fortuna de no ser acaudalado
| I was born with the fortune of not being wealthy
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| Mi ranchito y lo que tengo
| My little ranch and what I have
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| Mi trabajo me ha costado
| My work has cost me
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| Duermo tranquilo mis noches
| I sleep peacefully my nights
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| Porque a nadie le he robado
| Because I have stolen from no one
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| No hay que ser tan ambicioso
| You don't have to be so ambitious
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| Con que alcance aunque no sobre
| With what reach although not over
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| Es verdad me gusta el oro
| It's true I like gold
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| Pero no desprecio el cobre
| But I don't disdain copper
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| Lo que es mas hasta valoro
| What is more I even value
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| Las ventajas de ser pobre
| The advantages of being poor
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| Cuando no tienes de sobra
| When you don't have to spare
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| No hay amor interesado
| no interested love
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| Ni problemas con hacienda
| No problems with finance
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| Ni hay un pobre secuestrado
| Nor is there a poor kidnapped
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| Siempre doy gracias al cielo
| I always thank heaven
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| De ser tan afortunado
| to be so lucky
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| Ayer parando la oreja
| Yesterday stopping the ear
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| Se los cuento aqui en confianza
| I tell them here in confidence
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| Escuche a un buey que se queja
| Listen to an ox complain
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| Que la plata no le alcanza
| That the money is not enough
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| Y en lugar de chambiar duro
| And instead of changing hard
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| Se anda rascando la panza
| He is scratching his belly
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| No hay que ser tan ambicioso
| You don't have to be so ambitious
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| Mucho menos conformista
| much less conformist
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| Cuando yo no tenia carro
| When I didn't have a car
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| Me soñaba en la autopista
| I dreamed on the highway
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| Y eso que andaba en burrito
| And that he was in a burrito
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| En mis tiempos de agrarista
| In my days as an agrarian
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| Cuando no tienes de sobra
| When you don't have to spare
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| No hay amor interesado
| no interested love
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| Ni problemas con hacienda
| No problems with finance
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| Ni hay un pobre secuestrado
| Nor is there a poor kidnapped
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| Siempre doy gracias al cielo
| I always thank heaven
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| De ser tan afortunado
| to be so lucky
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| Y creo en la divina providencia, si señor | And I believe in divine providence, yes sir |