El Hambre del Liceo Lyrics in English Carlos Vives
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Hambre del Liceo by Carlos Vives from Spanish to English.
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Salgo e'Santa Marta
Ssalir e'Santa Marta
Cojo el tren en la estación
I take the train at the station
Paso por la zona la tierra e'los platanales
Passage through the area the land of the banana plantations
Y al llegar a Fundación, sigo en carro para el Valle
And when I arrive at Fundación, I continue by car to the Valley
Con esta noticia le fueron a mi mamá
With this news they went to my mom
Que yo de lo flaco ya me parecía un fideo
That I of the skinny already seemed to me a noodle
Y es el hambre del liceo
And it is the hunger of the lyceum
Que no me deja engordá
That does not leave me fattening
¿Qué tiene Escalona, que tiene ese muchacho?
What does Escalona have, what does that boy have?
Dicen las personas cuando lo ven tan flaco
People say when they see him so skinny
Pero es que no saben el hambre que se pasa
But they don't know the hunger they go through.
Cuando un vallenato se sale de su casa
When a vallenato leaves his house
Tanta yuca buena que se come en la provincia
So much good cassava eaten in the province
Tanta carne gorda de novillo empotrerao
So much fat meat of steer empotrerao
Es lo que me mortifica
It's what mortifies me
Cuando me veo tan hambreao
When I look so hungry
Por que un vallenato
Why a vallenato
Acostumbrado como yo
Accustomed as I am
A comer sanconchos no se puede conformar
To eat sanconchos can not be satisfied
Con un pedacito e'pan y cuatro granitos de arroz
With a piece of e'pan and four grains of rice
Y ahora reconozco que esto castigo de Dios
And now I recognize that this punishment from God.
Por lo pretencioso que allá en mi casa era yo
Because of how pretentious I was back in my house
Me ponían de todo y a mí nada me gustaba
They put everything on me and I didn't like anything
Y ahora me conformo con esta comida mala.
And now I settle for this bad food.
Cuando algún amigo me dice, voy para el Valle
When a friend tells me, I'm going to the Valley
Yo escribo a mi casa y ná más pongo en el papel
I write to my house and na more put on paper
Que me manden de comer, que a mí me está
Let them send me to eat, that I am
Matando el hambre y con la letra bien grande
Killing hunger and with large print
Escribo abajo Rafael
I write below Rafael
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