Bo Cartero Lyrics in English El Cuarteto de Nos

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Bo Cartero by El Cuarteto de Nos from Spanish to English.

Intro

Stop

Stop a sec, hey postman

Wait

Wait, postman

Chorus 1

Hey postman please

Don't act crazy and give it to me

A letter, a postcard

That if not I'll start to cry

Verse 1

There must be something today

Hey postman give it to me

I'm waiting for a letter from my pretty girlfriend

That left to Colonia a year ago

She promised to write

And send cash to survive

And here you see me, unable to sleep

Alone and j*rking off like a monkey

Chorus 2

Hey postman please

Don't act crazy and give it to me

A letter, a postcard

That if not I'll start to cry

Verse 2

I know that she still loves me

And that she goes out with nobody

But there's a doubt that eats at me

If she doesn't write me it's 'cause she can't find a pen

Maybe her tongue dried up and no stamp

Could stick

But in Colonia that's no obstacle

There's always porteños who'll lend you their spit

Chorus 3

Hey postman please

Don't act crazy and give it to me

A letter, a postcard

That if not I'll start to cry

Bridge

Maybe she's getting f*cked

By a donkey or some other animal

A hard kick to the head

And so recover from an amnesia attack

Postman, I want to ask you

Man to man and without lying

That if one day there's a strike in the mail

I'll throw you some bucks and you'll act as a scab

Chorus 4

Hey postman please

Don't act crazy and give it to me

A letter, a postcard

That if not I'll start to cry

Outro

And I say, c'mon kid, c'mon kid

Hey postman

C'mon kid, c'mon kid

Hey postman

Some certified letter

Otherwise you're gonna eat it folded

And I say, c'mon kid, c'mon kid

Hey postman

C'mon kid, c'mon kid

Hey postman

Some letter with a poem

Otherwise we're gonna give you a huge enema

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SONG MEANING

Bo Cartero is a playful plea set to a catchy beat. The narrator, a lovably paranoid dreamer, has been waiting an entire year for a letter from his far-away sweetheart. Every day he corners the poor mailman, begging for “una carta, una postal”. When nothing arrives, his imagination runs wild: maybe she lost her pen, her tongue dried up so she can’t lick a stamp, or she suffered a donkey kick that wiped her memory! Between puppy-dog sadness and absurd theories, he even offers bribes to keep the mail flowing, threatening an “enema” of postal justice if the envelope never comes.

Under the humor lies a relatable fear: the silence of someone you love. With exaggerated slang and comedic exaggerations, El Cuarteto de Nos paints the picture of how hope, doubt, and desperation can twist our thoughts when we wait too long for news. It’s a tongue-in-cheek reminder that sometimes the biggest drama happens not in grand events but inside our own impatient minds while we stare at an empty mailbox.

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El Cuarteto de Nos Bo Cartero Lyrics