Chivo Expiatorio Lyrics in English El Cuarteto de Nos
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Chivo Expiatorio by El Cuarteto de Nos from Spanish to English.
Caminando iba Pandora
Walking was Pandora
Caminando por la calle sola
Walking down the street alone
Sola con su caja ignora
Alone with her box ignores
¿Qué será?, ¿qué será? ¿qué será lo que atesora?
What could it be? What could it be? What could it be that she treasures?
Algunos dirán que es solo un jarrón
Some will say it's just a vase
Para confundir, distraer la atención
To confuse, distract attention
Y la acusan dando por laudado
And they accuse her, taking for granted
Que su curiosidad ya es un pecado
That her curiosity is already a sin
Y le mandan decir
And they send word
En una suerte de complot
In a sort of conspiracy
Si la caja se llega abrir, el mal se empezara a esparcir
If the box is opened, evil will begin to spread
Y todo se irá por su culpa de control
And everything will go wrong because of her lack of control
Y la empiezan a agredir, a insultar y amenazar
And they start to attack her, insult and threaten
A perseguir, la caja le quieren robar
To pursue her, they want to steal the box from her
Porque ahí está la maldición que romperá la simetría
Because there lies the curse that will break the symmetry
Aquí donde reinó siempre la paz y la armonía
Here where peace and harmony always reigned
Siempre alguien cargará la culpa
Someone will always carry the blame
Siempre alguien cargará la culpa
Someone will always carry the blame
Siempre alguien cargará la culpa
Someone will always carry the blame
Con todo el peso, todo el peso, sí
With all the weight, all the weight, yes
Con todo el peso
With all the weight
Como en toda conjura la condena es dura
As in every conspiracy, the sentence is harsh
A los que tengan dudas vayan y pregúntenle a Judas
For those who have doubts, go and ask Judas
Al qué le pegan por su malicia
To whom they hit for his malice
Como si no existieran la traición y la codicia
As if betrayal and greed did not exist
Vengan aquí, vamos a armar
Come here, let's build
Este muñeco para quemar
This doll to burn
Él es la crueldad, es la violencia
He is cruelty, he is violence
Apreten el nudo como a ninguno
Tighten the knot like no other
Él es impuro y siempre lo supo
He is impure and always knew it
A ese ser oscuro háganlo humo
Turn that dark being into smoke
Y entre sonrisas
And among smiles
Dejar que la brisa
Let the breeze
Se lleve volando también nuestra culpa junto a sus cenizas
Take away our guilt along with its ashes
Después de cada sacrificio es que sentimos el alivio
After each sacrifice is when we feel relief
De mantener intacto ese macabro equilibrio
To keep that macabre balance intact
y en ese acto simbólico
and in that symbolic act
en una forma elíptica
in an elliptical form
purgamos lo diabólico
we purge the diabolical
con cero autocrítica
with zero self-criticism
Es más un aliado que un adversario
He's more an ally than an adversary
Señalado con el dedo acusatorio
Pointed at with the accusatory finger
No hace falta un conflicto sanguinario
No need for a bloody conflict
Mientras haya a mano un chivo expiatorio
As long as there's a scapegoat at hand
Si no hay aire, no hay llamas
If there's no air, there are no flames
Sin Pandoras, no hay dramas
Without Pandoras, there are no dramas
Sin un tonto, no hay un listo
Without a fool, there's no wise one
Sin un Judas, no hay un Cristo
Without a Judas, there's no Christ
Siempre alguien cargará la culpa
Someone will always carry the blame
Siempre alguien cargará la culpa
Someone will always carry the blame
Siempre alguien cargará la culpa
Someone will always carry the blame
Con todo el peso, todo el peso, sí
With all the weight, all the weight, yes
Con todo el peso
With all the weight
Siempre alguien cargará la culpa
Someone will always carry the blame
Siempre alguien cargará la culpa
Someone will always carry the blame
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