| Voy a contarles la historia
| I'm going to tell you the story
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| Ay, de la bala, ay, de la bala
| Oh, from the bullet, oh, from the bullet
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| Y si el pulso tengo bueno
| And if my pulse is good
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| Voy a hacer fama, voy a hacer fama
| I'm going to make fame, I'm going to make fame
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| Pónganle mucha atención
| pay close attention
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| A esta copla, a esta copla
| To this couplet, to this couplet
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| No vaya a ser que le toque
| It is not going to be that it touches you
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| Una bala loca, una bala loca
| A crazy bullet, a crazy bullet
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| La bala se dispara
| the bullet is fired
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| Ay, se dispara, ay, se dispara
| Oh, it goes off, oh, it goes off
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| La bala se dispara
| the bullet is fired
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| Ay, se dispara, se disparó
| Oh, it's fired, it's fired
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| En las manos del obrero
| In the hands of the worker
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| Nació la bala, nació la bala
| The bullet was born, the bullet was born
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| Y en las manos de los ricos
| And in the hands of the rich
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| Se hizo mala, se hizo mala
| She became bad, she became bad
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| Muchos pobres han caído
| Many poor have fallen
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| En la represión, en la represión
| In the crackdown, in the crackdown
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| Volviendo la bala al nido
| Returning the bullet to the nest
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| De su nación, de su nación
| Of your nation, of your nation
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| La usaron para matar
| They used it to kill
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| Al campesino, al campesino
| To the peasant, to the peasant
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| Pero hallaron resistencia
| But they met resistance
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| Los asesinos, los asesinos
| The killers, the killers
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| Esto que digo, señores
| What I say, gentlemen
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| No es un ardid, no es un ardid
| It's not a ruse, it's not a ruse
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| Fue lo mismo que ocurrió
| It was the same thing that happened
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| Allá en Ranquil, allá en Ranquil
| There in Ranquil, there in Ranquil
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| La bala se dispara
| the bullet is fired
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| Ay, se dispara, ay, se dispara
| Oh, it goes off, oh, it goes off
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| La bala se dispara
| the bullet is fired
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| Ay, se dispara, se disparó
| Oh, it's fired, it's fired
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| Mucho daño le ha hecho al pueblo
| A lot of damage has been done to the town
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| La gente rica, la gente rica
| The rich people, the rich people
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| Usando el confesionario
| Using the confessional
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| De los curitas, de los curitas
| Of the band-aids, of the band-aids
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| Ahora la cosa ha cambiado
| Now the thing has changed
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| Sin aforismo, sin aforismo
| No aphorism, no aphorism
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| Porque la iglesia camina
| because the church walks
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| Hacia el socialismo, hacia el socialismo
| Towards socialism, towards socialism
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| La bala se dispara
| the bullet is fired
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| Ay, se dispara, ay, se dispara
| Oh, it goes off, oh, it goes off
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| La bala se dispara
| the bullet is fired
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| Ay, se dispara, se disparó
| Oh, it's fired, it's fired
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| Si en materia de balazos
| Yes in terms of bullets
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| Hay una encuesta, hay una encuesta
| There's a poll, there's a poll
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| Los yanquis dan tiro al lado
| Yankees give shot to the side
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| A cualquier apuesta, a cualquier apuesta
| To any bet, to any bet
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| Estos gringos atrevidos
| These daring gringos
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| Con tanta bala, con tanta bala
| With so many bullets, with so many bullets
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| En Cuba, Vietnam y Chile
| In Cuba, Vietnam and Chile
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| Les sale el tiro por la culata
| They get shot in the butt
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| La bala me lo ha contado
| The bullet has told me
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| Dice que tiembla, dice que tiembla
| He says he trembles, he says he trembles
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| Porque los alborotados
| because the rowdies
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| La recomiendan, la recomiendan
| They recommend it, they recommend it
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| Con la pólvora del pueblo
| With the gunpowder of the town
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| Nace por fin la revolución
| The revolution is finally born
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| Siendo el campo de batalla
| Being the battlefield
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| La producción, la producción
| production, production
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| La bala se dispara
| the bullet is fired
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| Ay, se dispara, ay, se dispara
| Oh, it goes off, oh, it goes off
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| La bala se dispara
| the bullet is fired
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| Ay, se dispara, se disparó
| Oh, it's fired, it's fired
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| La bala nos advirtió
| The bullet warned us
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| Y no es la primera, no es la primera
| And it's not the first, it's not the first
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| Que la vanguardia en la lucha
| That the vanguard in the fight
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| Es la clase obrera, es la clase obrera
| It's the working class, it's the working class
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| Y acabando con la bala
| And finishing with the bullet
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| Ella no es mala, ella no es mala
| She is not bad, she is not bad
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| Todo depende de cuándo
| It all depends on when
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| Quién la dispara, quién la dispara | Who shoot it, who shoot it |