| Me ofrecieron conchabo
| They offered me a partner
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| Para ir tirando, para ir tirando
| To go pulling, to go pulling
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| El trabajo anda escaso
| work is scarce
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| La paga estrecha
| The narrow pay
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| Y el lomo es ancho
| And the loin is wide
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| Porque tengo a mis hijos
| Because I have my children
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| Que a puro brazo los estoy criando
| That I'm raising them with bare arms
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| Me priendo a cualquier cosa
| I attach myself to anything
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| El hambre es mucho y el pan escaso
| Hunger is great and bread is scarce
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| Clavo el hacha en el árbol
| I stuck the ax in the tree
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| Saco los yuyos, armo el andamio
| I take out the weeds, I put together the scaffolding
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| No tengo oficio fijo
| I do not have a permanent job
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| De muy chiquito, viví cinchando
| When I was very little, I lived cinching
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| Hoy no tengo derecho
| Today I have no right
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| Ni pa embromarme dentro el salario
| Not even to tease me within the salary
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| El patrón ya me dijo
| The boss already told me
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| Que si me enfermo no se hace cargo
| That if I get sick, they don't take responsibility
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| ¡La pucha! | The whore! |
| Que valgo poco
| I'm worth little
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| Si no me alcanza ni pa cigarro
| If he doesn't even reach me for a cigarette
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| Y el hueso que llevo a casa
| And the bone I take home
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| Dentro del pecho me está golpeando
| Inside my chest it's hitting me
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| Si me agarra la rabia
| If I get rage
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| Y pego el grito, me estoy pensando
| And I scream, I'm thinking
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| Que mis pobres cachorros
| that my poor puppies
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| No tienen culpa pa darles cargo
| They are not to blame to charge them
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| Que venga el sabio y diga
| Let the wise man come and say
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| Si mi trabajo no vale de algo
| If my work is not worth something
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| Que el sabio me conteste
| let the wise man answer me
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| Si pa tranquiarla no soy un galgo
| Yes, to calm her down, I'm not a greyhound
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| Si el sabe todo eso
| If he knows all that
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| Sabe de sobra que es poco el pago
| He knows very well that the payment is little
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| Por saber tantas cosas
| for knowing so many things
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| Hacen que el pobre reviente de asco
| They make the poor man burst with disgust
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| ¡La pucha! | The whore! |
| Que valgo poco
| I'm worth little
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| Si no me alcanza ni pa cigarro
| If he doesn't even reach me for a cigarette
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| Y el hueso que llevo a casa
| And the bone I take home
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| Dentro del pecho me está golpeando
| Inside my chest it's hitting me
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| Si me agarra la rabia
| If I get rage
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| Y pego el grito, me estoy pensando
| And I scream, I'm thinking
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| Que mis pobres cachorros
| that my poor puppies
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| No tienen culpa pa darles cargo | They are not to blame to charge them |