Cancion 187 Lyrics in English Juan Gabriel
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cancion 187 by Juan Gabriel from Spanish to English.
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Cuando me fui para el norte
when i went north
Me fui para estar mejor
I left to be better
Iba en busca de trabajo
I was looking for work
Pero ¡oh! desilusión
But oh! disappointment
Cuando llegue a san francisco
when i get to san francisco
Nadie me tendió la mano
no one held out their hand
Esos norteamericanos
those americans
Carecen de amor
lack of love
Luego me fui pa' los ángeles
Then I went to Los Angeles
Hay nunca sale el sol
there never rises the sun
Es bonito no lo niego
It's beautiful I don't deny it
Pero hay muchísimo smog
But there's a lot of smog
Y por si fuera poquito
And as if that were not enough
Tienes otro gran problema
you have another big problem
Tienes que andarte cuidándote
You have to take care of yourself
Siempre de la migración
Always from migration
Luego me fui pa' arizona
Then I went to Arizona
Donde hace un cruel calor
where it's cruelly hot
Ahí cualquiera se muere
There anyone dies
De una deshidratación
From dehydration
Luego me fui para Texas
then i left for texas
Que es un poquito mejor
which is a little better
Pero en cualquier parte encuentras
But anywhere you find
Mucha discriminación
a lot of discrimination
Total que no halle trabajo
I can't find a job
Y sin papeles peor
And worse without papers
Si los que son residentes
If those who are residents
No consiguen menos yo
they don't get less me
Mejor me vine pa' mi tierra
I better come to my land
A mi pueblito tzintzuntzan
To my little town tzintzuntzan
He comprendido que en todito
I have understood that in all
Mas bonito es michoacán
Michoacán is more beautiful
Ahora trabajo en el campo
Now I work in the field
Trabajo de sol a sol
I work from sunrise to sunset
Ahora estoy con mi familia
Now I'm with my family
Y cada vez mucho mejor
And every time much better
Adiós gringos peleoneros
Goodbye bullying gringos
Buenos pa' las guerras son
They are good for wars
Ellos creen que dios es blanco
They believe that god is white
Y es mas moreno que yo l
And he is darker than me
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