Les Porteños Sont Fatigués Lyrics in English by Bernard Lavilliers
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Porteños Sont Fatigués by Bernard Lavilliers from French to English.
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Sont fatigués les Porteños
The Porteños are tired
Fatigués toujours d'l'avoir dans l'os
Always tired of being screwed over
Inflation, chômage et de promesse
Inflation, unemployment, and promises
Pays du futur mais rien ne presse
Country of the future but there's no hurry
Traînent un peux les pieds dans l'inflation
They drag their feet a bit in the inflation
Qui bat des records, nous dit-on
Which breaks records, we're told
Ils sont très lucides et cultivés
They're very clear-headed and cultured
Mais les Porteños sont fatigués
But the Porteños are tired
Alors Shadone n'oublie pas
So Shadone, don't forget
Ici on n'embrasse qu'une fois
Here we only embrace once
Ils sont chaleureux, cultivés
They're warm, cultured
Mais les Porteños sont fatigués
But the Porteños are tired
Mais les Porteños sont fatigués
But the Porteños are tired
Par les temps qui courent, investisseurs
Nowadays, investors
Ne sont plus beaucoup à faire des fleurs
Aren't many left to do favors
Et quant y a plus rien à racketter
And when there's nothing left to extort
Il te reste tes yeux pour pleurer
All that's left for you are your eyes to cry
Terminés, les rêves d'Argentine
Finished, the dreams of Argentina
C'est pour les poètes et pour la rime
It's for the poets and for the rhyme
Douloureux dollars les a usés
Painful dollars have worn them out
Mais les Porteños sont épuisés
But the Porteños are exhausted
Alors Shadone n'oublie pas
So Shadone, don't forget
Ici on n'embrasse qu'une fois
Here we only embrace once
Ils sont chaleureux, cultivés
They're warm, cultured
Mais les Porteños sont fatigués
But the Porteños are tired
Mais les Porteños sont fatigués
But the Porteños are tired
Alors Shadone n'oublie pas
So Shadone, don't forget
Ici on n'embrasse qu'une fois
Here we only embrace once
Ils sont chaleureux, cultivés
They're warm, cultured
Mais les Porteños sont fatigués
But the Porteños are tired
Mais les Porteños sont fatigués
But the Porteños are tired
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Porteños — People from Buenos Aires
Porteños refers to the inhabitants of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The word literally means "people of the port" and is a common demonym for those from the city.
In this song, Bernard Lavilliers uses "Porteños" to paint a vivid picture of the struggles faced by the people of Buenos Aires, highlighting their fatigue and disillusionment with economic hardship and unfulfilled promises. It's a culturally specific term that immediately grounds the song in its Argentine context.
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