Translation of the song lyrics El Bracero Fracasado - Lila Downs

El Bracero Fracasado - Lila Downs
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Song from the album: Border
In the genre:Джаз
Release date:02.07.2001
Song language:Spanish
Record label:Blue Note

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El Bracero Fracasado (original)El Bracero Fracasado (translation)
Cuando yo salí del rancho When I left the ranch
No llevaba ni calzones He wasn't even wearing panties
Pero si llegue a tijuana But if I get to Tijuana
De puritos aventones Of hitchhiking
Como no traía dinero Since I didn't bring money
Me paraba en las esquinas I stood on corners
Para ver a quien gorreaba To see who was gorreando
Los pecuesos de gallina The chicken breasts
Yo quería cruzar la línea I wanted to cross the line
De la unión americana of the american union
Yo quería ganar dinero I wanted to earn money
Porque esa era mi tirada Because that was my throw
Como no traía papeles Since he didn't bring papers
Mucho menos pasaportes Much less passports
Me avente cruzando cerros I threw myself across hills
Yo solito y sin coyotes I alone and without coyotes
Después verán como me fue: Then you will see how it went:
Llegue a santa ana con las patas bien peladas I arrived in Santa Ana with my legs well peeled
Los huaraches que llevaba se acabaron de volada The huaraches that I was wearing were blown away
El sombrero y la camisa los perdí I lost the hat and the shirt
En la correteada que me dieron In the chase that they gave me
Unos «gueros» que ya mero me agarraban Some "gueros" who already grabbed me
Ya llegue a la carretera I already hit the road
Muerto de hambre y desvelado Starving and sleepless
Me subi en un tren carguero I got on a freight train
Que venía de colorado who came from colorado
Y con rumbo a san francisco And heading to San Francisco
De un vagón me fui colado I was sneaked out of a wagon
Pero con tan mala suerte But with such bad luck
Que en salinas me agarraron that in salinas they caught me
Después verán como me fue: Then you will see how it went:
Llegó la migra de la mano me agarraron The migra arrived by the hand they grabbed me
Me decían no se que cosas que en inglés They told me I don't know what things in English
Me regañaron me digeron los gabachos They scolded me, the frogs digested me
«te rregresas pa' tu rancho» «you return to your ranch»
Pero yo sentí buen gacho regresar pa' mi terruño But I felt good to go back to my homeland
De bracero fracasado sin dinero y sin hilacho Of a failed bracero without money and without thread
De bracero fracasado sin dinero y aún hilacho…Of a failed bracero with no money and still frayed…
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