Por Culpa Del Escolazo

Edmundo Rivero
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Por culpa del escolazo

Because of the screw-up

Me quedé bien en la via,

I ended up in a bind,

Las cosas que mama mía

The things, my oh my,

Me tuve que apechugar!

I had to tough it out!

Ya no podía empilchar,

I couldn't dress up anymore,

Andaba misho de fasos,

I was short on cash,

Y al no gustarme el pechazo

And not liking the hassle

Ni los grupos pa'filar,

Nor the groups to hang with,

Para poder escabiar

To be able to booze it up

Del whisky me fui al quebracho.

I switched from whisky to the rough stuff.


Ya no aporté más al feca,

I stopped chipping in for coffee,

Ni a la barra de la esquina,

Or at the corner bar,

Le rajaba hasta a las minas

I'd bail even on the girls

Por si había que garpar.

In case I had to pay.

No faltó pa'completar

And to top it off

Aquella cancha barrosa,

In that muddy field,

Cuando una mina rasposa

When a rough chick

Que mi bulín compartía

Who shared my crib

Se las tomara un buen día

One fine day, she left

Al ver fulera la cosa.

Seeing things looking bad.


Empeñé el zarzo y el bobo,

I pawned my guitar and my clothes,

Refundí hasta la marroca,

Sold everything down to the last peso,

Del centro me fui a la boca

From downtown, I went to the slums

A vivir en un altillo;

To live in a cramped room;

El aire de conventillo

The tenement air

Me fue ganando de apuro

Became suffocating,

A fuerza e'marroco duro

With hard times knocking me down,

Ya no podía tirar

I couldn't throw a punch anymore,

Y al no poderme aguantar

And unable to endure it,

M'hice amigo del laburo.

I became friends with work.


Hoy le rajo al entrevero

Now I skip the hustle

De timbas y de paradas

Of gambling and hangouts,

Minga de vida alocada

No more wild life,

Ya no tira la carpeta;

The file doesn't pull anymore;

Una grela que me aquieta

A joint that calms me down

Acusa sus beneficios

Shows its benefits,

Y sin hacer sacrificios

And without making sacrifices,

Cuando hay tornillo en invierno

When winter sets in,

Me tomo el sol de palermo

I soak up the sun in Palermo

De paso despunto el vicio.

And casually curb the vice.

Moderated by Juan Hernandez
San Salvador, El Salvador July 6, 2024
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