El Costo de la Vida Lyrics in English Juan Luis Guerra
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Costo de la Vida by Juan Luis Guerra from Spanish to English.
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El costo de la vida sube otra vez
The cost of living goes up again
El peso que baja, ya ni se ve
The weight you lose, you can't even see anymore
Y las habichuelas no se pueden comer
And beans can't be eaten
Ni una libra de arroz, ni una cuarta e café
Not a pound of rice, not a quarter and coffee
A nadie le importa qué piensa usted
Nobody cares what you think
Será porque aquí no hablamos inglés
It's because we don't speak English here
Es verdad
It's true
Do you understand? Do you, do you?
Do you understand? Do you, do you?
Y la gasolina sube otra vez
And the gas goes up again
El peso que baja, ya ni se ve
The weight you lose, you can't even see 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's because we don't speak French here
Vous parlez?
Vous parlez?
Non, Monsieur
Non, Monsieur
Somos un agujero
We're 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 burning race
Negra, blanca y taína
Black, white and taino
¿pero quién descubrió a quién?
But who found out who?
Ay, el costo de la vida
Oh, the cost of living
Ya ves, p'arriba tú ves
You see, p'up you see
Y el peso que baja
And the weight that goes down
Ya ves, pobre ni se ve
You see, poor thing doesn't even look
Y la medicina
And medicine
Ya ves, camina al revés
You see, walk backwards
Aquí no se cura
It doesn't heal here
Ya ves, ni un callo en el pie
You see, not a callus on the foot
Ay, ki-iki-iki
Oh, ki-iki-iki
Ya ves, ay ki-iki-é
You see, ay ki-iki-é
Y ahora el desempleo
And now unemployment
Ya ves, me mordió también
You see, he bit me too
A nadie le importa, no
Nobody cares, not
Ya ves, pues no hablamos inglés
You see, because we don't speak English
Ni a la Mitsubishi
Neither mitsubishi
Ya ves, ni a la Chevrolet
You see, not even the Chevrolet
La corrupción p'arriba
Corruption p'up
Ya ves, p'arriba tú ves
You see, p'up you see
Y el peso que baja
And the weight that goes down
Ya ves, pobre ni se ve
You see, poor thing doesn't even look
Y la delincuencia
And crime
Ya ves, me pilló esta vez
You see, he caught me this time
Aquí no se cura
It doesn't heal here
Ya ves, ni un callo en el pie
You see, not a callus on the foot
Ay, ki-iki-iki
Oh, ki-iki-iki
Ya ves, ay ki-iki-é
You see, ay ki-iki-é
Y ahora el desempleo
And now unemployment
Ya ves, me mordió también
You see, he bit me too
A nadie le importa, no
Nobody cares, not
Ya ves, pues no hablamos inglés
You see, because we don't speak English
Ni a la Mitsubishi
Neither mitsubishi
Ya ves, ni a la Chevrolet
You see, not even the Chevrolet
¡Oye!
Hey!
La recesión p'arriba
The recession p'up
Ya ves, p'arriba tú ves
You see, p'up you see
Y el peso que baja
And the weight that goes down
Ya ves, pobre ni se ve
You see, poor thing doesn't even look
Y la medicina
And medicine
Ya ves, camina al revés
You see, walk backwards
Aquí no se cura
It doesn't heal here
Ya ves, ni un callo en el pie
You see, not a callus on the foot
Ay, ki-iki-iki
Oh, ki-iki-iki
Ya ves, ay ki-iki-é
You see, ay ki-iki-é
Y ahora el desempleo
And now unemployment
Ya ves, me mordió también
You see, he bit me too
A nadie le importa, no
Nobody cares, not
Ya ves, pues no hablamos inglés
You see, because we don't speak English
Ni a la Mitsubishi
Neither mitsubishi
Ya ves, ni a la Chevrolet
You see, not even the Chevrolet
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Juan Luis Guerra, Yancomba Dibala
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