El Jerre Jerre Lyrics in English Carlos Vives
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Jerre Jerre by Carlos Vives from Spanish to English.
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Yo iba pa' Manaure
I was going to Manaure
Pero quise devolverme
But I wanted to give back
Me salió una fiera
I got a beast
Con figura amenazante
With threatening figure
Era un armadillo
It was an armadillo
Era un Jerre Jerre
It was a Jerre Jerre
Pa' meterme miedo
To get scared
Me flequetió volante
I flequetó volante
Yo saqué el revolver
I took out the revolver
Con idea de defenderme
With the idea of defending myself
Porque no era propio
Because it wasn't my own
De un hombre correr así
Of a man running like this
Pues con mucha rabia
Well, with a lot of anger
Y ese Jerre Jerre
And that Jerre Jerre
Que me brincaba adelante
That jumped me forward
Burlándose de mí
Making fun of me
Yo iba a dispararle
I was going to shoot him.
Pero me puse a pensar
But I started to think
Que ese animalito
That little animal
Quizás tenía su mujer
Maybe he had his wife
Y la pobrecita
And the poor girl
Sola iba a quedar
Alone was going to be left
Claro que la culpa
Of course the fault
Sería de Rafael
It would be Raphael's
Que animal, que animal
What an animal, what an animal
Tan bronquinoso
So bronquinous
Que animal, que animal
What an animal, what an animal
Tan busca pleito
So seeks lawsuit
Seguro, si fuera otro
Sure, if it were another
Los seis tiros se los meto
The six shots I put them
De haberlo matado
Of having killed him
Todo el mundo me habría dicho
Everyone would have told me
Que yo soy un hombre
That I am a man
Muy cobarde y bandolero
Very cowardly and bandit
Y por eso mismo
And that's why
Le hablé al animalito
I spoke to the little animal
Dispuesto a lucharle
Willing to fight you
Con palabra e'caballero
With word e'caballero
Él seguramente cree
He surely believes
Que yo le tuve miedo
That I was afraid of him
Pues por no matarlo
Well, for not killing him
Me le puse a suplicar
I started begging him
Oíga amigo Jerre
Listen friend Jerre
Yo soy hombre bueno
I am a good man
Se esta haciendo tarde
It's getting late
Dejeme pasar
Let me pass
Al fin se aburrió
At last he got bored
De tanto ponerme cebo
From so much putting me on bait
De buscarme pleito
To look for me lawsuit
Y como yo nada le hacía
And since I did nothing to him
Me torció los ojos
He twisted my eyes
Y salió corriendo
And he ran away.
A buscar su cueva
To look for your cave
Allá en la serrania
Back in the mountains
Como dudan, como dudan
How they doubt, how they doubt
De los hombres
Of men
Creyendo, creyendo
Believing, believing
Que es cobardía
What is cowardice?
Hombe! Que se ponga
Hombe! Let it be put on
Pantalones, para que
Pants, so that
Me hable de hombría
Talk to me about manhood
Ya se iba escondiendo
He was already hiding
Pero le grité una cosa
But I yelled one thing at him.
¡Oíga! Amigo Jerre
Listen! Friend Jerre
Por cobarde no me tome
For coward do not take me
Si acaso lo duda
If you doubt it
Use pantalones
Wear pants
Pa' probarle amigo
Pa' prove him friend
Que Yo si soy un hombre
That I am a man
Como dudan, como dudan
How they doubt, how they doubt
De los hombres
Of men
Creyendo, creyendo
Believing, believing
Que es cobardía
What is cowardice?
Hombe! Que se ponga
Hombe! Let it be put on
Pantalones, para que
Pants, so that
Me hable de hombría
Talk to me about manhood
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