Clandestino

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Translation

Solo voy con mi pena

Alone I go with my sorrow

Sola va mi condena

Alone goes my sentence

Correr es mi destino

Running is my destiny

Para burlar la ley

To mock the law


Perdido en el corazón

Lost in the heart

De la grande babylon

Of the great Babylon

Me dicen el clandestino

They call me the clandestine

Por no llevar papel

For not carrying paper


Pa' una ciudad del norte

To a city in the north

Yo me fui a trabajar

I went to work

Mi vida la dejé

I left my life

Entre ceuta y gibraltar

Between Ceuta and Gibraltar


Soy una raya en el mar

I am a line in the sea

Fantasma en la ciudad

Ghost in the city

Mi vida va prohibida

My life is forbidden

Dice la autoridad

The authority says


Solo voy con mi pena

Alone I go with my sorrow

Sola va mi condena

Alone goes my sentence

Correr es mi destino

Running is my destiny

Por no llevar papel

For not carrying paper


Perdido en el corazón

Lost in the heart

De la grande babylon

Of the great Babylon

Me dicen el clandestino

They call me the clandestine

Yo soy el quiebra ley

I am the lawbreaker


Mano negra clandestina

Black hand clandestine

Peruano clandestino

Peruvian clandestine

Africano clandestino

African clandestine

Marihuana ilegal

Illegal marijuana


Solo voy con mi pena

Alone I go with my sorrow

Sola va mi condena

Alone goes my sentence

Correr es mi destino

Running is my destiny

Para burlar la ley

To mock the law

Perdido en el corazón

Lost in the heart

De la grande babylon

Of the great Babylon

Me dicen el clandestino

They call me the clandestine

Por no llevar papel

For not carrying paper


Argelino clandestino

Algerian clandestine

Nigeriano clandestino

Nigerian clandestine

Boliviano clandestino

Bolivian clandestine

Mano negra ilegal

Illegal black hand

Moderated by María Pérez
Mexico City, Mexico May 20, 2024
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