Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Yo Me Vi (Autorretrato) by Ricardo Arjona from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Marginal y reprimido
Marginal and repressed
Izquierdoso y vengativo
Leftist and vengeful
Y hoy parezco un maniquí
And today I look like a mannequin
'Viva el Che' en la camiseta
'Viva el Che' on the shirt
Y un milico en bayoneta
And a milico in bayonet
Persiguiéndome a morir
Chasing me to die
De transporte colectivo
Collective transport
De bandera alternativo
Alternative flag
Y el futuro un bisturí
And the future a scalpel
De agremiado socialista
Socialist member
De esos que hoy son anarquistas
Of those who today are anarchists
Y van a Vail a hacer esquí
And they go to Vail to ski
Convertido en nuevo rico
Become nouveau riche
Y esta mierda, testifico
And this shit, I testify
No es del todo para mí (¡eh!)
Not quite for me (huh!)
De portada en la revista
Cover in the magazine
Yo que fui telegrafista
I was a telegrapher
Hoy voy de divo a lo Dalí
Today I'm going divo to Dalí style
De Ferrari en Monte Carlo
From Ferrari in Monte Carlo
Todo un Yupi pa' envidiarlo
All a Yupi pa' envy
Y un amor para elegir
And a love to choose
Apostándole al mercado
Betting on the market
Yo que estaba desahuciado
I who was evicted
¿Qué carajos hago aquí?
What the am I doing here?
De proletario y vanguardista
Proletarian and avant-garde
Al jet set de los artistas
To the jet set of the artists
Y en el medio me perdí
And in the middle I got lost
Triste y tan decepcionado
Sad and so disappointed
Hoy, que sé que los dos lados
Today, I know that both sides
Se aprovecharon de mí (¡eh!)
They took advantage of me (huh!)
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