Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Por Las Calles Enlodadas by El Tigrillo Palma from Spanish to English.
Y nomas por no andar andada
Just 'cause I wasn’t out and about
Por las calles enlodadas
Through the muddy streets
Y en mi camioneta vieja
In my old pickup
Casi noche y de tardiada
Almost night and getting late
Que me dise una plebita
A girl says to me
En aquel portal sentada
Sitting on that porch
Pase dos o tres veses
I drove by two or three times
Con la música potente
With the music blasting
Me gusto tanto la plebe
I liked that girl so much
Que quise ablarle de frente
I wanted to talk to her face-to-face
Cuando la tuve serquita
When I got her close
Se me quito lo valiente
My bravery vanished
Que pa' ya y que pa'ka
I went this way and that
Que fue y que vino
Went and came back
Nomas nada mi plebita
Still nothing, girl
Caray! y porque no me animo
Damn! why can’t I get the nerve
Sus ojitos son estrellas
Her little eyes are stars
Su boquita de manzana
Her tiny mouth like an apple
Le quiero dar mi cariño
I want to give her my love
Siete dias a la semana
Seven days a week
Si no me le declaro ahora
If I don’t confess right now
Me le declaro mañana
I’ll confess tomorrow
Sus ojitos me desian
Her eyes told me
Que entendian mis sentimientos
They got how I felt
Y por no saber ablarle
And not knowing how to talk to her
Otro me gano el intento
Some other guy beat me to it
Ahora que paso pa' verla
Now when I pass to see her
Los miro a los dos contentos
I see them both happy
Que pa'ya y ke pa'ka
Here and there
Que fue y que vino
Went and came back
Y nomas nada mi plebita
And still nothing, girl
Caray y porque no me animoo
Damn, why didn’t I get the nerve
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