Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Chorra by Carlos Gardel from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Por ser bueno me pusiste a la miseria
For being good you put me in misery
me dejaste en la palmera
You left me at La Palmera
me afanaste hasta el color
You made me look hard to the color
en seis meses me comiste el mercadito
In six months you ate me the Mercadito
la casiya de la feria
The almost-of-the-fair
la ganchera el mostrador
The hook the counter
chorra me robaste hasta el amor
You robbed me even of love
ahura tanto me asusta una mina
ahura so scares me a mine
que si en la calle me afila
that if in the street I sharpen
me pongo al lao del boton
I get to the lao of the button
lo que mas bronca me da
What angers me the most
es haber sido tan gil
It's been so gil
hace un mes me desayuno
a month ago I have breakfast
con loque sabido ayer
With what we knew yesterday
no era a mi que me cachaban
It wasn't me that they me
tus rebusques de mujer
Your women's rummages
hoy me entero que tu mama
Today I find out that your mom
noble viuda de un guerrero
noble widow of a warrior
es la chorra de mas fama
It is the most famous chorra
que ha pisao la treinta y tres
who has stepped on the thirty-third
y he sabido que el guerrero
and I have known that the warrior
que murio lleno de honor
who died full of honor
ni murio ni fue guerrero
He neither died nor was he a warrior
como me engrupiste vos
How did you hook me
esta en cana prontuariado
is in cana prontuariado
como agente e la camorra
as an agent and the Camorra
profesor de cachiporra
Teacher of Cachiporra
malandrin y estafador
Malandrin and scammer
entre todos me pelaron con la cero
Between all I peeled with the zero
tu silueta fue el anzuelo
Your silhouette was the bait
donde me fui a ensartar
where I went to string
se tragaron vos la viuda y el guerrero
The widow and the warrior swallowed you
lo que me costo diez años
what it cost me ten years ±
de paciencia y de yugar
of patience and of yugar
chorra vos tu vieja y tu papa
Squirt your old woman and your dad
guarda cuidensen porque anda suelta
Guard take care because it is loose
si los cacha los da vuelta
If you hunt them turn them over
no les da tiempo a rajar
They don't have time to crack
lo que mas bronca me da
What angers me the most
es haber sido tan gil
It's been so gil
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