De Paisano A Paisano Lyrics in English Los Tigres Del Norte

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song De Paisano A Paisano by Los Tigres Del Norte from Spanish to English.
Like the eagle in flight
Like the beast in heat
Defying borders
Defending honor
I have spent my life
Exploring other lands
To give my children
A better tomorrow
If death reaches me
In its crazy dash
Wrapped in my flag
That they take me there
That they sing me the anthem
Of my homeland ten months
Or I die twice
If they bury me here
From paisano to paisano
From brother to brother
For wanting to work
They've made war on us
Patrolling borders
They can't tame us
From paisano to paisano
From brother to brother
This man is crying
How the homeland hurts
When my people cry
International tears
From paisano to paisano
Before I keep singing
I ask the boss
Who picks the harvest
Who works in cleaning
Hotels and restaurants
And who kills himself working in construction
While the boss scolds
Weaving the spiderweb
In his luxurious mansion
Many times they don't even pay us
So that the wound heals
Since it comes out poisoned
They sic immigration on us
If with my song I could
I would bring down the borders
So that the world lived
Under a single flag
In one same nation
From paisano to paisano
From brother to brother
For wanting to work
They've made war on us
Patrolling borders
They can't tame us
From paisano to paisano
From brother to brother
This man is crying
How the homeland hurts
When my people cry
International tears
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SONG MEANING

Get ready for a powerful corrido that soars like an eagle and roars like a lion. In "De Paisano A Paisano," Los Tigres Del Norte channel the voice of millions of Mexican and Latino migrants who leave home in search of a brighter future for their families. The narrator compares his journey to untamed flight, crossing borders with pride, and vows that even if death should find him far from home, his heart will always beat under the colors of his beloved flag.

Beyond the vivid imagery, the song delivers a blunt social message. It calls out the irony of a system that relies on migrant labor to harvest crops, clean hotels, and build skyscrapers yet repays that hard work with persecution and deportation. The chorus—“de paisano a paisano, del hermano al hermano”—is a rallying cry for unity, dignity, and respect. Ultimately, the band imagines a world without borders, where all people sing under one banner of equality. It is a passionate blend of pride, struggle, and hope that turns personal pain into a universal anthem.

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