Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Visa Para Un Sueño by Juan Luis Guerra from Spanish to English.
Eran las cinco de la mañana
It was five in the morning
Un seminarista, un obrero
A seminarian, a worker
Con mil papeles de solvencia
With a thousand papers of solvency
Que no les dan pa' ser sinceros
That they don't give them to be honest
Eran las siete de la mañana
It was seven in the morning
Y uno por uno al matadero
And one by one to the slaughterhouse
Cada cual tiene su precio
Everyone has their price
Buscando visa para un sueño
Looking for a visa for a dream
El sol quemándoles la entraña
The sun burning their insides
Un formulario de consuelo
A comfort form
Con una foto dos por cuatro
With a two by four photo
Que se derrite en el silencio
That melts in silence
Eran las nueve de la mañana
It was nine am
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, no
And on the asphalt who is going to find me, no
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, la razón de ser
Looking for a visa, the reason for being
Buscando visa para no volver, no
Looking for a visa so as not to return, no
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, la necesidad
Looking for visa, the need
Buscando visa, qué rabia me da
Looking for a visa, how angry it makes me
Buscando visa, golpe de poder
Looking for visa, power coup
Buscando visa, qué mas puedo hacer yo
Looking for a visa, what else can I do?
Buscando visa, para naufragar
Looking for a visa, to be shipwrecked
Buscando visa, carne de la mar
Looking for visa, meat of the sea
Buscando visa, la razón de ser
Looking for a visa, the reason for being
Buscando visa, para no volver, bi
Looking for a visa, not to return, bi
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Juan Luis Guerra