La Cucaracha

Inti-Illimani
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Voy a cantar un corrido

I'm going to sing a ballad

Que anda en toditas las voces

That echoes in all voices

De una mujer de la tropa

Of a woman from the troop

Que todo el mundo conoce

That everyone knows


En el pueblo de Conejos

In the town of Conejos

Por unas calles muy tiestas

Through some very lively streets

Viene triste y derrotado

Comes sad and defeated

El valiente Antonio Zeta

The brave Antonio Zeta


La cucaracha, la cucaracha

The cockroach, the cockroach

Ya no puede caminar

Can no longer walk

Porque le falta, porque no tiene

Because it lacks, because it doesn't have

Marihuana que fumar

Marijuana to smoke


Iban los tres en silencio

The three were silent

Sus pensamientos rumiando

Ruminating on their thoughts

Mientras el destino ciego

While blind destiny

Los hilos iba tramando

Was weaving the threads


En los cascos del caballo

In the horse's hooves

Suena el polvo del camino

The dust of the road sounds

Ya se van, llora un cariño

They're leaving, a love cries

Un cariño malogrado

A love gone wrong


La cucaracha, la cucaracha

The cockroach, the cockroach

Ya no puede caminar

Can no longer walk

Porque le falta, porque no tiene

Because it lacks, because it doesn't have

Marihuana que fumar

Marijuana to smoke


Ya el águila voló

Now the eagle has flown

Ya el nopal quedó solito

Now the nopal is left alone

El fruto de tus amores

The fruit of your loves

Ya no dista del olvido

Is not far from oblivion


Ya murió la cucaracha

The cockroach has died

Ya la llevan a enterrar

They're taking her to be buried

Entre cuatro zopilotes

Among four vultures

Y un gato de sacristán

And a sacristan's cat


La cucaracha, la cucaracha

The cockroach, the cockroach

Ya no puede caminar

Can no longer walk

Porque le falta, porque no tiene

Because it lacks, because it doesn't have

Marihuana que fumar

Marijuana to smoke


Y aquí termina el corrido

And here ends the ballad

Que cantó a la cucaracha

That sang to the cockroach


La cucaracha, la cucaracha

The cockroach, the cockroach

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Madrid, España December 23, 2024
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