El Costo de la Vida Lyrics in English Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Costo de la Vida by Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 from Spanish to English.
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El costo 'e la vida sube otra vez
The cost of living goes up again
El peso que baja, ya ni se ve
The weight that goes down, you can't even see it anymore
Y las habichuelas no se pueden comer
And the beans cannot be eaten
Ni una libra de arroz, ni una cuarta 'e café
Not a pound of rice, not a quarter 'e coffee
A nadie le importa qué piensa usted
Nobody cares what you think
Será porque aquí no hablamos inglés
It will be because we do not speak English here
Ah, ah es verdad
oh oh it's true
Ah, ah es verdad
oh oh it's true
Ah, ah es verdad
oh oh it's true
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
Do you, do you?
Do you, do you?
Y la gasolina sube otra vez
And the gasoline goes up again
El peso que baja, ya ni se ve
The weight that goes down, you can't even see it anymore
Y la democracia no puede crecer
And democracy can't grow
Si la corrupción juega ajedrez
If corruption plays chess
A nadie le importa qué piensa usted
Nobody cares what you think
Será porque aquí no hablamos francés
It will be because we don't speak French here
Ah, ah vous parlez?
Ah, ah vous parlez?
Ah, ah vous parlez?
Ah, ah vous parlez?
Ah, ah vous parlez?
Ah, ah vous parlez?
Ah, ah non, monsieur
Ah, ah no, monsieur
Eh
Hey
Somos un agujero
we are a hole
En medio del mar y el cielo
In the middle of the sea and the sky
Quinientos años después
five hundred years later
Una raza encendida
a race on
Negra, blanca y taína
black, white and taíno
¿Pero quién descubrió a quién?
But who discovered whom?
Ay, el costo 'e la vida
Oh, the cost of life
Eh, ya ves, pa'rriba tú ves
Eh, you see, pa'rriba you see
Y el peso que baja
and the weight that falls
Eh, ya ves, pobre ni se ve
Eh, you see, poor thing, you can't even see it
Y la medicina
and the medicine
Eh, ya ves, camina al revés
Hey, you see, walk backwards
Aquí no se cura
here it is not cured
Eh, ya ves, ni un callo en el pie
Eh, you see, not a callus on the foot
Ay, ki-iki-iki
Ay, ki-iki-iki
Eh, ya ves, ay ki-iki-é
Eh, you see, oh ki-iki-é
Y ahora el desempleo
and now unemployment
Eh, ya ves, me mordió también
Eh, you see, he bit me too
A nadie le importa, no
Nobody cares, no
Eh, ya ves, pues no hablamos inglés
Eh, you see, well we don't speak English
Ni a la Mitsubishi
Not the Mitsubishi
Eh, ya ves, ni a la Chevrolet
Eh, you see, not even the Chevrolet
La corrupción pa' arriba
The corruption up
Eh, ya ves, pa'rriba tú ves
Eh, you see, pa'rriba you see
Y el peso que baja
and the weight that falls
Eh, ya ves, pobre ni se ve
Eh, you see, poor thing, you can't even see it
Y la delincuencia
and crime
Eh, ya ves, me pilló esta vez
Hey, you see, he caught me this time
Aquí no se cura
here it is not cured
Eh, ya ves, ni un callo en el pie
Eh, you see, not a callus on the foot
Ay, ki-iki-iki
Ay, ki-iki-iki
Eh, ya ves, ay ki-iki-é
Eh, you see, oh ki-iki-é
Y ahora el desempleo
and now unemployment
Eh, ya ves, me mordió también
Eh, you see, he bit me too
A nadie le importa, no
Nobody cares, no
Eh, ya ves, pues no hablamos inglés
Eh, you see, well we don't speak English
Ni a la Mitsubishi
Not the Mitsubishi
Eh, ya ves, ni a la Chevrolet
Eh, you see, not even the Chevrolet
¡O-o-oye!
O-o-hey!
Yi-i-i-i-i, mama-eh
Yi-i-i-i-i, mama-eh
Eh-eh, mama-eh
Eh-eh, mama-eh
La recesión pa'rriba
The recession up
Eh, ya ves, pa'rriba tú ves
Eh, you see, pa'rriba you see
Y el peso que baja
and the weight that falls
Eh, ya ves, pobre ni se ve
Eh, you see, poor thing, you can't even see it
Y la medicina
and the medicine
Eh, ya ves, camina al revés
Hey, you see, walk backwards
Aquí no se cura
here it is not cured
Eh, ya ves, ni un callo en el pie
Eh, you see, not a callus on the foot
Ay, ki-iki-iki
Ay, ki-iki-iki
Eh, ya ves, ay ki-iki-é
Eh, you see, oh ki-iki-é
Y ahora el desempleo
and now unemployment
Eh, ya ves, me mordió también
Eh, you see, he bit me too
A nadie le importa, no
Nobody cares, no
Eh, ya ves, pues no hablamos inglés
Eh, you see, well we don't speak English
Ni a la Mitsubishi
Not the Mitsubishi
Eh, ya ves, ni a la Chevrolet
Eh, you see, not even the Chevrolet
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