El Blues del Esclavo [En Directo] Lyrics in English Mecano
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Blues del Esclavo [En Directo] by Mecano from Spanish to English.
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El ser negrito es un color
Being black is a color
lo de ser esclavo no lo trago
I don't swallow being a slave
Me tiene frito tanto trabajar de sol a sol las tierras del maldito señorito
It has fried me so much to work from sunrise to sunset the lands of the damn lord
Los compañeros piensan igual
Peers think alike
O hay un Espartaco que entre a saco
Or there is a Spartacus who enters the sack
y esto cambia o 'tos' pa Gambia
and this changes or 'cough' pa Gambia
Desde Kunta Kinte a nuestros días pocas mejorías
From Kunta Kinte to the present day few improvements
A ver si ahora con la Guerra de Secesión
Let's see if now with the Civil War
se admite nuestro sindicato del algodón
Our cotton union is admitted
que a saber, quiere obtener
which namely, you want to get
descanso dominical, un salario normal
Sunday rest, a normal salary
dos pagas, mes de vacaciones y una pensión tras la jubilación
two payments, one month of leave and one pension after retirement
Que se nos trate con dignidad
Let us be treated with dignity
como a semejantes emigrantes
as to such emigrants
Que se terminen las pasadas, las palizas del patrono y el derecho de pernada
That the past end, the beatings of the employer and the right of pernada
Y el que prefiera que se vuelva al Senegal
And whoever prefers to return to Senegal
correr desnudos por la selva con la mujer y el chaval, ir natural
running naked through the jungle with the woman and the boy, go natural
'erguiendo' cuello y testuz como hermana avestruz
'erecting' neck and testuz as ostrich sister
Para que no digan que somos unos zulús ir cantando este blues
So that they do not say that we are Zulus go singing this blues
Y el que prefiera que se vuelva, que se vuelva
And whoever prefers to become, let him become
Y el que prefiera que se vuelva al Senegal
And whoever prefers to return to Senegal
correr desnudos por la selva con la mujer y el chaval, ir natural
running naked through the jungle with the woman and the boy, go natural
'erguiendo' cuello y testuz como hermana avestruz
'erecting' neck and testuz as ostrich sister
Para que no digan que somos unos zulús hemos hecho este blues
So that they do not say that we are Zulus we have made this blues
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