El Guardia Del Arsenal Lyrics in English Sergio Vargas
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Guardia Del Arsenal by Sergio Vargas from Spanish to English.
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Yo nací en la bahía de manzanillo
I was born in Manzanillo Bay
Caribe tengo la voz si no fuera porque
I've got a Caribbean voice if it weren't because
Viviera tarde
I'd have lived it late
Te enseñarán concurso casi en el tiempo
they'd show you, almost in time
De seco de estado trujillo
of the dry days of Trujillo's regime
Medio muerto nací yo no tenía ni media
half-dead I was born, I didn't even have half a
Hora de vida
hour of life
Cuando mi madre en junio yo todavía aún
when my mother, in June, I was still
Siento muchachito
a little kid
De guardia la vocación yo salía por la
on guard duty by vocation, I went out through the
Entierra solito
ground all alone
El polvo que trague yo
the dust I swallowed
Y a mí me pusieron en un batallón de
and they put me in a battalion of
Mini traslados aguará cuando de la
a bunch of little transfers, who knows, when from the
Infantería en la capital bellini
infantry in the capital, Bellini
Traslado para disney
transfer to Disney
Pedí mi traslado para pedro brando
I asked for a transfer to Pedro Brand
Siendo un raso pase la era de trujillo
as a private I went through Trujillo's era
Cabo es la revolución
corporal in the Revolution
La mujer de mel de morales bendito sí de
Mel's woman, from Morales, blessed, yeah, from
Lechuza me voy y en cada velada mercados
the owl, I'm off, and in every evening, markets
Al que permite
the one who allows it
Oigan lo que me pasó
listen to what happened to me
El teniente me dio el palo y esto
the lieutenant hit me with the stick and this
A mi muchacho apresó días sin mismo
he arrested my boy for days just like that
Bendito de amarillo
poor thing in yellow
Cuando el teniente volvió de ámbar de mi
when the lieutenant came back from Amber, from my
Paso por la cintura
he passed by my waist
Ya siempre se ha cantado de mi muchacho
they've always sung about my boy already
Hagan los otros que hay piensa que
let the others do it, there are some who think that
Redactó la mar te alaban sino de cómo
he wrote it up, they praise you like the sea, but about how
Era mi para no llorar
I was, just so I wouldn't cry
Dígame qué quiere si ya voy de nauta
tell me what you want if I'm already going as a sailor
Cantaron lugar en ese lugar
they sang there in that place
Elvin y traslado para él va a tener
Elvin and transfer, he's going to get one
Porque yo no vuelvo para petrobras
because I'm not going back to Petrobras
El
the
Bebé mi muchacho saca los soldados que
baby, my boy, get the soldiers out who
Yo es aquel era un amante a la vaina si
I, that one, used to love this sh*t if
No les conmueve y me pagó llorado dígame
it doesn't move them, and he made me cry, tell me
Qué quieres si ya voy de nada nos
what you want if I'm already leaving with nothing, they
Encantaron los gallos en ese lugar
were charmed by the roosters in that place
Baby me traslado para asesinar porque yo
baby, I'm transferring to kill because I
No muevo
don't move
Para pedro brand
to Pedro Brand
Baby me traslado
baby, I'm transferring
Porque yo no vuelvo para pedro brand
because I'm not going back to Pedro Brand
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raso — private (military rank)
Raso literally translates to "flat" or "smooth", but in a military context, it refers to the lowest rank, a "private". It's a less common word in everyday Spanish, making it interesting.
In the song, the narrator proudly states, "siendo un raso pase la era de trujillo" (being a private, I went through the Trujillo era). This highlights his humble beginnings and resilience during a significant historical period, adding depth to his story.
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