Clandestino Lyrics in English Manu Chao
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Clandestino by Manu Chao from Spanish to English.
Solo voy con mi pena
I go alone with my sorrow
Sola va mi condena
Alone goes my sentence
Correré mi destino
I'll run my fate
Para burlar la ley
To evade the law
Perdido en el corazón
Lost in the heart
De la grande Babylon
Of the great Babylon
Me dicen El Clandestino
They call me the clandestine one
Por no llevar papel
For having no papers
Pa' una ciudad del norte
To a city in the north
Yo me fui a trabajar
I went to work
Mi vida la dejé
I left my life behind
Entre Ceuta y Gibraltar
Between Ceuta and Gibraltar
Soy una raya en el mar
I'm a line in the sea
Fantasma en la ciudad
A ghost in the city
Mi vida va prohibida
My life is forbidden
Dice la autoridad
Says the authority
Solo voy con mi pena
I go alone with my sorrow
Sola va mi condena
Alone goes my sentence
Correré mi destino
I'll run my fate
Por no llevar papel
For having no papers
Perdido en el corazón
Lost in the heart
De la grande Babylon
Of the great Babylon
Me dicen El Clandestino
They call me the clandestine one
Yo soy el quiebra ley
I am the lawbreaker
Mano negra clandestina
Clandestine black hand
Peruano clandestino
Clandestine Peruvian
Africano clandestino
Clandestine African
Marihuana ilegal
Illegal marijuana
Solo voy con mi pena
I go alone with my sorrow
Sola va mi condena
Alone goes my sentence
Correré mi destino
I'll run my fate
Para burlar la ley
To evade the law
Perdido en el corazón
Lost in the heart
De la grande Babylon
Of the great Babylon
Me dicen El Clandestino
They call me the clandestine one
Por no llevar papel
For having no papers
Argelino clandestino
Clandestine Algerian
Nigeriano clandestino
Clandestine Nigerian
Boliviano clandestino
Clandestine Bolivian
Mano negra ilegal
Illegal black hand
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