Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Visa Para un Sueño by Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Eran las cinco 'e la mañana
It was five in the morning
Un seminarista, un obrero
A seminarian, a worker
Con mil papeles de solvencia
With a thousand solvency papers
Que no les dan pa' ser sinceros
That they do not give to be honest
Eran las siete 'e la mañana
It was seven in the morning
Y uno por uno al matadero
And one by one to the slaughterhouse
Pues cada cual tiene su precio
Well, each one has its price.
Buscando visa para un sueño
Looking for a visa for a dream
(Bairorá laralá)
(Bairorá laralá)
El sol quemándoles la entraña
The sun burning their entrails
Un formulario de consuelo
A form of consolation
Con una foto dos por cuatro
With a two by four photo
Que se derrite en el silencio
That melts in the silence
Eran las nueve 'e la mañana
It was nine 'e in the morning
Santo Domingo, ocho de enero
Santo Domingo, January 8
Con la paciencia que se acaba
With the patience that runs out
Pues ya no hay visa para un sueño
Well, there is no longer a visa for a dream
Buscando visa para un sueño
Looking for a visa for a dream
Buscando visa para un sueño
Looking for a visa for a dream
Buscando visa de cemento y cal
Looking for cement and lime visa
Y en el asfalto quién me va a encontrar
And on the asphalt, who will find me?
Buscando visa para un sueño (¡woh-oh-oh-oy!)
Looking for a visa for a dream (woh-oh-oh-oy!)
Buscando visa para un sueño
Looking for a visa for a dream
Buscando visa, la razón de ser
Looking for a visa, the reason for being
Buscando visa para no volver
Looking for a visa not to return
Buscando visa para un sueño (¡woh-oh-oh-oh!)
Looking for a visa for a dream (woh-oh-oh-oh!)
Buscando visa para un sueño
Looking for a visa for a dream
Buscando visa, la necesidad
Seeking visa, the need
Buscando visa, qué rabia me da
Looking for a visa, how angry it makes me
Buscando visa, golpe de poder
Seeking visa, power coup
Buscando visa, qué mas puedo hacer
Looking for a visa, what else can I do?
Buscando visa, para naufragar
Looking for a visa, to shipwreck
Buscando visa, carne de la mar
Looking for a visa, meat from the sea
Buscando visa, la razón de ser
Looking for a visa, the reason for being
Buscando visa, para no volver
Looking for a visa, not to return
Vamo' a dale a lo tambore'
Let's go hit the drums
Vamo' a dale a lo tambore'
Let's go hit the drums
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