| Como recuerdo aquel niño.
| How I remember that child.
|
| Que triste vino hacia mi… con carita
| How sad he came to me... with a little face
|
| De molesto y reclamandome asi:
| Annoying and claiming me like this:
|
| (Usted que canta corridos por que
| (You who sing corridos because
|
| No canta una historia de mi yo soy
| It does not sing a story of my I am
|
| El niño indeciable que desprecian
| The unspeakable child they despise
|
| Por aqui yo soy el niño de la calle que
| Around here I am the street child who
|
| Lucha para vivir)
| fight to live)
|
| (Y vine hasta la frontera pro sin querer
| (And I came to the pro border unintentionally
|
| Venir arrastrado por mis padres
| Coming dragged by my parents
|
| Disque por un porvenir por mi
| Dial for a future for me
|
| No hubiera venido yo era feliz
| I wouldn't have come I was happy
|
| Donde estaba)
| Where was it)
|
| (Tenia 3 abuelitos. mis primos con quien jugaba
| (I had 3 grandparents. My cousins with whom I played
|
| Un perro y un guajolote y un
| A dog and a turkey and a
|
| Arroyo en que nadaba mi
| stream in which my
|
| Hermanita no habia muerto mi
| My little sister had not died
|
| «apa» y mi «ama» se adoraban)
| "apa" and my "ama" adored each other)
|
| Un ida por la mañana despues de
| One way in the morning after
|
| Haber ido a misa mi «apa» le dio
| Having gone to mass my "apa" gave him
|
| A la familia aquella triste nticia
| To the family that sad news
|
| Ya no aguanto la pobreza
| I can no longer stand poverty
|
| Nos vamos pa' el otro lado
| We're going to the other side
|
| Quiero juntar un dinero aunque
| I want to raise some money though
|
| Sea de mojado es por uestedes
| Be wet is for you
|
| Hijos me dijo casi sonriendo
| Children, he told me, almost smiling
|
| Es muy pesada la vida como
| life is very heavy
|
| La estamos vivendo y yo que los
| We are living it and I who
|
| Quiero tanto he de encontrar la ocacion
| I want so much I have to find the occasion
|
| Para que vayan creciendo con muy
| So that they grow with very
|
| Buena educacion
| Good education
|
| Una semana despues en el viaje se nos murio
| A week later on the trip he died on us
|
| Mi hermanita disque de una pulmonia
| My little sister has a pneumonia
|
| Le faltaron medicinas pues dinero
| He lacked medicines, well, money
|
| Ya no habia mi «ama» tambien
| There was no longer my "ama" too
|
| De tristeza por poquito y se nos
| Of sadness for a little bit and we know
|
| Moria
| moria
|
| Llegamos a la forntera no mas
| We arrived at the border no more
|
| A puro penado mi mamacita
| Purely sorry my mamacita
|
| Querida aqui se vino a enfermar y mi
| Dear here he came to get sick and my
|
| «apa» nos dijo jurando que iba a
| "Apa" she told us, swearing that she was going to
|
| Lucahr sin parar para los estados
| Lucahr nonstop for the states
|
| Unidos muy pronto hacernos cruzar.
| United very soon make us cross.
|
| Mis abuelos en mi casa se quedaron
| My grandparents stayed at my house
|
| Muy.muy lejos pero aqui traigo en el alma
| Very, very far but here I bring in the soul
|
| Las lagrimas de mis viejos. | The tears of my old ones. |
| aqui cuando jugar…
| here when to play...
|
| La escuela pues ya luego.
| The school then.
|
| Ahora empeze nuevo oficio. | Now start a new job. |
| ahora soy
| now I am
|
| Un tragafuegos. | A fire eater. |
| ese tabaco apestoso y los
| that stinky tobacco and
|
| Polvos y las tachas por aqui es lo principal
| Powders and studs around here is the main thing
|
| Pa' gabachos y gabachas que si mi jefe me
| Pa' gabachos and gabachas that if my boss me
|
| Viera me da risa de tristesa como me voy
| Viera makes me laugh with sadness as I leave
|
| Educando enmedio de la vajeza…
| Educating in the midst of old age…
|
| Mi padre cruzo esa varda. | My father crossed that fence. |
| hizo un oyo por abajo
| he made a hole below
|
| Triste muy serio me dijo ahi le encargo
| Sad very serious he told me there I order him
|
| A su mamita yo voy a buscar
| I'm going to look for his mommy
|
| Trabajo ya complete los 10 años y hace
| I have been working for 10 years and
|
| Tres se fue al carajo y yo me quiero hacer
| Three went to hell and I want to do it
|
| Cargo desde este dia se lo juro pero no
| Charge from this day I swear but no
|
| Puedo solito.
| I can alone
|
| De veras se me hace duro ya me muero
| It really makes me hard and I'm dying
|
| Por creecer de por si yo soy
| For believing in myself I am
|
| Chaparo del dinero. | Money slop. |
| donde este y si se deja
| where is it and if it is left
|
| Lo agarro. | I grab it. |
| ahi esta la varda maldita de mi «apa»
| there is the cursed varda of my «apa»
|
| Nada supimos y nunca va a darse cuenta
| We knew nothing and will never realize
|
| Que tanto por el sufrimos lo extrañamos todo el tiempo.
| That we suffer so much for him we miss him all the time.
|
| Tienen que haberlo matado de no haber sido
| They must have killed him if they hadn't been
|
| Por eso no me hubiera abandonado… | That's why he wouldn't have abandoned me... |