Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Clandestino by Manu Chao from Spanish to English.
Solo voy con mi pena
I only go with my sorrow
Sola va mi condena
My sentence goes alone
Correré mi destino
I will run my destiny
Para burlar la ley
To mock 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
Por no llevar papel
For not carrying papers
Para 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
Entre Ceuta y Gibraltar
Between Ceuta and Gibraltar
Soy una raya en el mar
I am 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 only go with my sorrow
Sola va mi condena
My sentence goes alone
Correré mi destino
I will run my destiny
Por no llevar papel
For not carrying 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
Yo soy el quiebra ley
I am the lawbreaker
Mano negra clandestina
Black clandestine hand
Peruano clandestino
Peruvian clandestine
Africano clandestino
African clandestine
Marihuana ilegal
Illegal marijuana
Solo voy con mi pena
I only go with my sorrow
Sola va mi condena
My sentence goes alone
Correré mi destino
I will run my destiny
Para burlar la ley
To mock 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
Por no llevar papel
For not carrying papers
Argelino clandestino
Algerian clandestine
Nigeriano clandestino
Nigerian clandestine
Boliviano clandestino
Bolivian clandestine
Mano negra ilegal
Illegal black hand
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