La Casa por la Ventana Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Casa por la Ventana by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
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Quemaron todas las naves
They burned all the ships
Para iniciar una nueva vida
To start a new life
Pagaron cara la llave
They paid dearly for the key
Falsa de la tierra prometida
fake promised land
Pero, en lugar del Caribe,
But, instead of the Caribbean,
Con su bachata, con sus palmeras,
With her bachata, with her palm trees,
La madre patria recibe
The mother country receives
Al inmigrante por peteneras
To the immigrant for peteneras
Y no es bona Barcelona
And Barcelona is not good
Cuando la bolsa, primo, no sona
When the bag, cousin, does not ring
Y gana el cholo en Madrid
And the cholo wins in Madrid
Menos que un perro sin pedigrí,
Less than a dog without a pedigree,
Y el mestizo por Sevilla,
And the mestizo for Seville,
Va dando cantes por pesadillas,
He goes singing for nightmares,
Y, si dos vascos atracan
And, if two Basques rob
A un farmacéutico en Vigo
To a pharmacist in Vigo
Jura el testigo que eran sudacas
The witness swears that they were sudacas
Y cada fin de semana
and every weekend
Tiran la casa por la ventana
They throw the house out the window
Marcándose un agarrado
marking a grab
En El Café del Mercado
In the Cafe del Mercado
Que no es lo mismo que el Tropicana
Which is not the same as the Tropicana
Se matan haciendo camas,
They kill themselves making beds
Vendiendo besos, lustrando suelos,
Selling kisses, polishing floors,
Si pica el hambre en la rama
If hunger stings on the branch
La tortolita levanta el vuelo
The turtledove takes flight
Y, en plazoletas y cines,
And, in squares and cinemas,
Por un jergón y un plato de sopa,
For a pallet and a bowl of soup,
Con una alfombra y un Kleenex
With a rug and a Kleenex
Le sacan brillo al culo de Europa
They polish the ass of Europe
Y, el cuerpo de policía
And the police force
Viene con leyes de extranjería
Comes with immigration laws
Y, al moro de la patera,
And, to the Moor of the patera,
Le corta el rollo una patrullera,
A patrol car cuts him off,
Y, al mulato sabrosón,
And, to the tasty mulatto,
Le dan en toda la inquisición,
They give him in all the inquisition,
Y, al gitanito, la ola
And, to the gypsy, the wave
Malaje y paya le quema
Malaje and paya burns him
El tejadillo de la chabola
The roof of the shack
Y cada fin de semana
and every weekend
Tiran la casa por la ventana
They throw the house out the window
Chilabas y desayuno
Djellabas and breakfast
De kifi con té moruno
Kifi with Moorish tea
Y escriben cartas a la sultana
And they write letters to the sultana
Y cada fin de semana
and every weekend
Con sus caderas dominicanas,
With her Dominican hips,
Compadre, una guarachita,
Compadre, a guarachita,
Candomde, samba o rumbita
Candomde, samba or rumbita
O es que nunca estuvo en la Habana?
Or is it that she was never in Havana?
Y el coreano currela
And the Korean currela
Vendiendo rollos de plimavela,
Selling rolls of snowflakes,
Y, en bares porno el paquete
And, in porn bars the package
De guineano cuesta un billete,
From Guinean it costs a ticket,
Y, al almacén del judío,
And, to the Jew's warehouse,
Van seis niñatos buscando lío,
There are six kids looking for trouble
Y el ingeniero polaco
and the polish engineer
Que vino huyendo del frío
Who came running from the cold
Ya es mayordomo del tío del saco
He is already butler of the uncle of the sack
Y cada fin de semana
and every weekend
Tiran la casa por la ventana
They throw the house out the window
Y, mientras planchan un traje,
And, while they iron a suit,
Su corazón de viaje
your heart travel
Se va cantando La Varsoviana
La Varsoviana is being sung
Y cada fin de semana
and every weekend
Queda el negrito
the black remains
Con la ucraniana,
with the ukrainian
Y bailan polca y pasito,
And they dance polka and pasito,
Y soplan vodka y mojito
And they blow vodka and mojito
Y vuelven trompas por la mañana
And horns come back in the morning
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