Pobre Juan Lyrics in English MANA
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Pobre Juan by MANA from Spanish to English.
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Juan se lanzó marchandose al norte
John threw himself by marching north
Iba en busca de una vida digna
I was looking for a dignified life.
Cruzando México por valles y por montes
Crossing Mexico through valleys and mountains
Iba Juan lleno de fe
John was full of faith
La historia es que Juan se iba a casar
The story is that John was going to get married.
Con María embarazada
With pregnant Maria
Pero él no tenía ni un centavo
But he didn't have a penny.
Ni un clavo que darle
Not a nail to give him
Pero este Juan iba muy decidido
But this John was very determined.
Y a la frontera él llegó con todo el filo
And at the border he arrived with all the edge.
Se conectó con el mero mayor de los coyotes
Connected with the largest grouper of coyotes
Y la historia le contó
And the story told him
Mire usted que yo quiero cruzarme ya
You see, I want to cross paths now.
A San Diego o Chicago
To San Diego or Chicago
Digame usted lo que hago
Tell me what I do
Qué precio le pago
What price do I pay you?
Juan ya nunca regresó
John never returned
En la línea se quedó
On the line stayed
Pobre Juan
Poor John
O la migra lo mató
Or the migra killed him
O el desierto lo enterró
Or the desert buried him
Pobre Juan
Poor John
Woh-oh-oh-oh
Woh-oh-oh-oh
Juan le enseñó al coyote una foto de María
John showed the coyote a picture of Maria
Con la cual se casaría
Whom he would marry
Le prometió que el regresaría
He promised him that he would return.
Para formar todo un hogar
To form a whole home
Pero el coyote a Juan lo traicionó
But the coyote betrayed Juan
Dejándolo al olvido
Leaving it to oblivion
De tres balas se tronaron a Juan
From three bullets they thundered Juan
Pobre de Juan
Poor John
No regreso
No return
No
No
Juan ya nunca regresó
John never returned
En la línea se quedó
On the line stayed
Pobre Juan
Poor John
O la migra lo mató
Or the migra killed him
O el desierto lo enterró
Or the desert buried him
Pobre Juan
Poor John
Y María lo fue a buscar
And Mary went looking for him
Y ella nunca lo encontró
And she never found it.
Desapareció
Disappeared
Woh-oh-oh-oh
Woh-oh-oh-oh
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