Translation of the song lyrics Caudillo - Ricardo Arjona

Caudillo (original)

Empezó haciendo panfletos con consignas populares
Un letrero «patria o muerte» en la pared y el che guevara
Defendía el capital de carlos marx con argumentos colosales
Así lo conocí años atrás a los dieciocho
Enemigo de la radio y la canción con estribillo
El entorno le ayudaba pa' engordar tantos rencores
No perdía la ocasión pa' hacer valer sus argumentos de caudillo
Y el futuro se asomaba con sorpresas tras la esquina
Caudillo
Tatuate en la piel lo que prometas
Que el tiempo puede hacerte un mercenario
Y ser tan solo otro falso profeta
Caudillo
De la revolución a la avaricia
Hay solo un par de pasos en la brecha
Cuidado y te resbalas por lo fácil
Se graduó de abogado un abril y en proceso
Los ideales empezaron a sufrir reumas y achaques
Reclutado en un partido liberal fue diputado en el congreso
Su oratoria se hizo experta en la mentira y en el debate
Yo lo vi haciendo grafitis «patria o muerte» donde quiera
Yo era el flaco con guitarra no se bien si se recuerde
Se ve raro con corbata ferragamo y louis vuitton en la cartera
Que fácil se acomodan los ideales a capricho
Caudillo
Hoy silbas las canciones de la radio
El che ya no es la foto en tu castillo
Hoy eres de ti mismo el mercenario
Caudillo
Se te olvido tatuarte las promesas
A donde fue el muchacho solidario
Que dividía el pan que hubo en su
Mesa
Hay manifestación frente al palacio de
Gobierno
El tipo en el balcón presidencial
Se le parece a aquel muchaho

Caudillo (translation)

He started making pamphlets with popular slogans
A "homeland or death" sign on the wall and che guevara
He defended the capital of Carlos Marx with colossal arguments
That's how I met him years ago at eighteen
Enemy of the radio and the song with a chorus
The environment helped him to fatten up so many grudges
He did not miss the opportunity to assert his caudillo arguments
And the future loomed with surprises around the corner
Leader
Tattoo on your skin what you promise
That time can make you a mercenary
And be just another false prophet
Leader
From revolution to greed
There's only a couple of steps in the gap
Be careful and you slip for the easy
He graduated as a lawyer one April and in process
The ideals began to suffer from rheumatism and ailments
Recruited in a liberal party he was a deputy in congress
Her oratory of him became an expert in lying and in debate
I saw him doing graffiti "homeland or death" wherever he wants
I was the skinny one with the guitar I don't know if I remember
He looks weird with a ferragamo tie and louis vuitton in his bag
How easy ideals are accommodated to whim
Leader
Today you whistle the songs on the radio
He is no longer the photo in your castle
Today you are the mercenary of yourself
Leader
You forgot to tattoo your promises
Where did the supportive boy go?
That he divided the bread that was in his
Desk
There is a demonstration in front of the palace of
Government
The guy on the presidential balcony
He looks like that boy