Si Saliera Petroleo Lyrics in English Juan Luis Guerra
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Si Saliera Petroleo by Juan Luis Guerra from Spanish to English.
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Pobre de mi pueblo enano
Poor of my dwarf people
Con la fe de un continente
With the faith of a continent
Fuimos bien encomendados
We were well commissioned
Con un garrote en la frente
With a club on his forehead
Pobre de nuestro legado
Poor our legacy
Que nos hace indiferentes
That makes us indifferent
Tres millones de indigentes
Three million homeless people
Analfabetos y hermanos
Illiterate and brothers
¿quién nos comerá la gloria?
Who will eat us the glory?
¿quién desatará el verano?
Who's going to unleash summer?
¿cuándo alzaremos la frente, quisqueyanos?
When are we going to raise our foreheads, want to?
Pobre de mi pueblo enano
Poor of my dwarf people
En contra de la corriente
Against the current
Pero un pueblo de valientes
But a village of brave
Nos salva sólo el trabajo
It saves us only work
¡oye!
Hey!
Si de aquí saliera petróleo
If oil came out of here
Como sale de kuwait
How it comes out of Kuwait
Qué bendición, mi compai
What a blessing, my partner
Destilaría mi dolor
I'd distill my pain
Para mojar mi ilusión
To wet my illusion
Si de aquí saliera petróleo
If oil came out of here
Pero sonaran techos y escuelas
But ceilings and schools will sound
Sin hambre ni enfermedad
No hunger or illness
Pero por más que te exprimo
But as much as I squeeze you
Mi panita, no sale na
My little belly, it doesn't come out na
Si de aquí saliera petróleo
If oil came out of here
Pero que hubiera luz y
But that there was light and
Esperanza
Hope
Sin visa para soñar
No visa to dream
Pero es que la providencia
But providence
Ay, cuando no quiere, no da
Oh, when he doesn't want to, he doesn't give
Si de aquí saliera petróleo
If oil came out of here
Hipotecara el silencio
Mortgage silence
Para decir la verdad
To tell the truth
Pero por más que te exprimo
But as much as I squeeze you
Oye, mamacita, no sale ná
Hey, mamacita, it doesn't come out
Mira qué cosa
Look at that thing
Sugerencias
Suggestions
Y si aquí
And if here
En vez de cemento
Instead of cement
Pa la construcción
Pa the construction
Le hiciéramos un faro
We made him a lighthouse
A la educación
To education
Y si aquí
And if here
Lucháramos juntos
Let's fight together
Por la sociedad
For society
Y habláramos menos
And let's talk less
Resolviendo más
Solving more
Resolviendo más
Solving more
Pudiera cambiar
It could change
Borráramos el sucio
Let's erase the dirty
De la corrupción
Corruption
Sembrando banderas
Sowing flags
En el corazón
In the heart
Y si aquí
And if here
Cantáramos patria
We cantáramos patria
En cada rincón
In every corner
Sería quisqueya
It would be quisqueya
Un país mejor
A better country
¡pa -rriba esa bandera!
Put that flag on!
Un país mejor
A better country
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Juan Luis Guerra
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