Ilegal Lyrics in English Grupo Recluta
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ilegal by Grupo Recluta from Spanish to English.
Buenos días, niños
Good morning, children
Voy a pasar lista
I'm going to take attendance
¿Francisco?
Francisco?
¿María?
María?
¿Jorge?
Jorge?
¿Jorge?
Jorge?
Yo ya no estoy presente, profesora
I'm not present anymore, teacher
Aquí me encuentro, en el desierto con demora
Here I am, delayed in the desert
Éramos veinte de los cinco que hay ahora
We were twenty, of the five that are here now
Y el coyote dice que faltan tres horas
And the coyote says there are three hours left
Así fue mi paso por la frontera
That's how I crossed the border
Con un sueño, porque el hambre no te espera
With a dream, because hunger doesn't wait
Con la fe de poner en alto Contreras
With the faith of making Contreras proud
Como todo mexicano que se aferra
Like every Mexican who perseveres
Me dieron un trabajito en el campo
They gave me a little job in the fields
Por la noches, fue un vagón de tren mi cuarto
At night, a train car was my room
Cuando hay ganas, el esfuerzo no es pa' tanto
When you're motivated, the effort isn't so bad
Hasta me tocaba reírme entre llanto
I even had to laugh through tears
Para el mundo, un ilegal
To the world, an illegal
Para mamá, un niño valiente
To mom, a brave boy
El norte es muy diferente
The north is very different
A lo que piensa mucha gente
Than what a lot of people think
No llueven billetes
It doesn't rain bills
Y como de costumbre
And as usual
Pura lumbre
Pure fire
Y arriba, México
And long live, Mexico
De niño a hombre pasé en unos meses
I went from boy to man in a few months
Un abrazo de mamá, deseé mil veces
A hug from mom, I wished a thousand times
Pero un sueño en mi mente fue constante
But a dream in my mind was constant
Luché fuerte hasta sacarlos adelante
I fought hard to get them ahead
Poco a poco mandé algo pa' el ranchito
Little by little I sent something to the little ranch
Mis papás dejaron de sufrir poquito
My parents stopped suffering a little
Aunque el frío y el hambre ya no atacaban
Although the cold and hunger no longer attacked
Me extrañaban, lo notaba en las llamadas
They missed me, I noticed it in the calls
Para el mundo, un ilegal
To the world, an illegal
Para mamá, un niño valiente
To mom, a brave boy
El norte es muy diferente
The north is very different
A lo que piensa mucha gente
Than what a lot of people think
No llueven billetes
It doesn't rain bills
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