La Cucaracha Lyrics in English Lila Downs
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Cucaracha by Lila Downs from Spanish to English.
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La cucaracha
Cockroach
La cucaracha que ya no puede caminar
The cockroach that can no longer walk
Porque no tiene, porque le
Because he doesn't have it, because he
Falta la marihuana, marihuana que fumar
Marijuana is missing, marijuana to smoke
En la misa y en la feria
At mass and at the fair
Todo el mundo ya lo sabe
Everyone already knows
Los que llegan al gobierno
Those who come to government
Porque se puede comprar
Because you can buy
Del partido comunista ya no queda casi nada
There is almost nothing left of the communist party
Ahora todos van buscando
Now everyone is looking
Como hacerse millonadas
how to become millions
La cucaracha, la cucaracha muchacha
The cockroach, the girl cockroach
La cucaracha fue la junta de naciones
The cockroach was the meeting of nations
Pa poner sus opiniones
To put your opinions
Todos no estaban de acuerdo
They all disagreed
Cuando y donde bombardear
When and where to bomb
Se sientan los presidentes en
The presidents sit in
La silla del gobierno
the chair of government
Luego mandan a la guerra a
Then they send to war
La gente de su pueblo
the people of his town
La cucaracha, ay la cucaracha, la cucaracha
The cockroach, oh the cockroach, the cockroach
La cucaracha
Cockroach
La cucaracha que ya no puede caminar
The cockroach that can no longer walk
Porque no tiene, porque le falta
Because it doesn't have, because it lacks
La marihuana que fumar
Marijuana you smoke
La marihuana que fumar
Marijuana you smoke
Guaracha, muchacha que vamos a guarachar
Guaracha, girl let's go guarachar
Va una cucaracha que quiere comerciar
There goes a cockroach that wants to trade
Toca, loca, abreme la boca
Touch, crazy, open my mouth
Buscame una coca que no quiero trabaliar
Find me a coca that I don't want to work
Tica, rica, para zapatear
Tica, rich, to tap
Pido a Victor Jara no me vaya a doblegar
I ask Victor Jara not to bend me
Cha ma, chama, che Guevara, una petición
Cha ma, chama, che Guevara, a request
Una cucaracha por culpa y omisión
A cockroach by fault and omission
La cucaracha
Cockroach
La cucaracha que ya no puede caminar
The cockroach that can no longer walk
Porque no tiene, porque le falta
Because it doesn't have, because it lacks
La marihuana que fumar
Marijuana you smoke
La marihuana que fumar
Marijuana you smoke
Todos se pelean la silla que
Everyone fights for the chair that
Les deja mucha plata
leaves them a lot of money
En el norte Pancho Villa y
In the north Pancho Villa and
En el sur viva Zapata
In the south live Zapata
Se murio la cucaracha ya
The cockroach is dead
La llevan a enterrar
They take her to bury
Entre cuatro zopilotes y un
Between four vultures and a
Raton de sacristan
sacristan mouse
La cucaracha, la cucaracha
The cockroach the cockroach
Ay la cucaracha señores
Oh the cockroach gentlemen
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