Arráncame El Corazón (Live) Lyrics in English Violeta Parra
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Arráncame El Corazón (Live) by Violeta Parra from Spanish to English.
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Cuando fui para la pampa
When I went to the pampa
Llevaba mi corazón contento
I had my heart happy
Como un chirigüe
like a parsnip
Pero allá se me murió
But there I died
Primero perdí las plumas
First I lost my feathers
Y luego perdí la voz
And then I lost my voice
Y arriba quemando el sol
And above burning the sun
Cuando vi de los mineros
When I saw of the miners
Dentro de su habitación
inside your room
Me dije mejor habita
I told myself better live
En su concha el caracol
In its shell the snail
O a la sombra de las leyes
Or in the shadow of the laws
El refinado ladrón
the refined thief
Y arriba quemando el sol
And above burning the sun
Las hileras de casuchas
The rows of shacks
Frente a frente, si, señor
Face to face, yes sir
Las hileras de mujeres
rows of women
Frente al único pilón
In front of the only pylon
Cada una con su balde
each with their bucket
Y su cara de aflicción
and his sad face
Y arriba quemando el sol
And above burning the sun
Fuimos a la pulpería
We went to the grocery store
Para comprar la ración
To buy the ration
Veinte artículos no cuentan
Twenty items don't count
La rebaja de rigor
The reduction of rigor
Con la canasta vacía
with an empty basket
Volvimos a la pensión
We went back to the pension
Y arriba quemando el sol
And above burning the sun
Zona seca de la pampa
dry zone of the pampas
Yo llevo en un cartelón
I carry on a poster
Sin embargo, van y vienen
Yet they come and go
Las botellas de licor
liquor bottles
Claro que no son del pobre
Of course they are not from the poor
Contrabando o qué sé yo
Contraband or what do I know
Y arriba quemando el sol
And above burning the sun
Paso por un pueblo muerto
I pass through a dead town
Se me nubla el corazón
My heart is clouded
Aunque donde habita gente
Although where people live
La muerte es mucho mayor
death is much greater
Enterraron la justicia
they buried justice
Enterraron la razón
they buried the reason
Y arriba quemando el sol
And above burning the sun
Si alguien dice que yo sueño
If someone says that I dream
Cuentos de ponderación
weighting tales
Digo que esto pasa en Chuqui
I say that this happens in Chuqui
Pero en Santa Juana es peor
But in Santa Juana it is worse
El minero ya no sabe
The miner no longer knows
Lo que vale su dolor
what your pain is worth
Y arriba quemando el sol
And above burning the sun
Me volví para Santiago
I returned to Santiago
Sin comprender el color
without understanding the color
Con que pintan la noticia
with which they paint the news
Cuando el pobre dice no
When the poor say no
Abajo, la noche oscura
Down, the dark night
Oro, salitre y carbón
Gold, saltpeter and coal
Y arriba quemando el sol
And above burning the sun
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