Los Mandados

Vicente Fernández
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Cruzé el río grande nadando

I crossed the Rio Grande swimming

Sin importarme dos riares

Without caring about two currents

Me echo la migra pa'fuera

The border patrol threw me out

Y fui a caer a Nogales

And I ended up in Nogales

Entre por otra frontera

I entered through another border

Y que me avientan pa' Juárez

And they throw me to Juárez


De ahí me fui a Tamaulipas

From there, I went to Tamaulipas

Y me colé por Laredo

And sneaked through Laredo

Me disfrazé de gabacho

I disguised myself as a gringo

Y me pinté el pelo güero

And dyed my hair blond

Y como no hablaba ingles

And since I didn't speak English

Que me retachan de nuevo

They sent me back again


La migra a mí me agarró

The border patrol caught me

Trescientes veces digamos

Three hundred times, let's say

Pero jamás me domó

But it never tamed me

A mí me hizo los mandados

It made me run errands

Los golpes que a mí me dio

The blows it gave me

Se los cobré a sus paisanos

I collected them from its countrymen


Por Mexicali yo entré

Through Mexicali, I entered

Y San Luis Colorado

And San Luis Colorado

Todas las lineas cruzé

I crossed all the lines

De contrabando y mojado

Smuggling and wet

Pero jamás me rajé

But I never backed down

Iba y venia al otro lado

I went back and forth to the other side


Conosco todas las lineas

I know all the lines

Caminos, rios y canales

Roads, rivers, and canals

Desde Tijuana a Reynosa

From Tijuana to Reynosa

De Matamoros a Juárez

From Matamoros to Juárez

De Piedras Negras al Paso

From Piedras Negras to El Paso

Y de Agua Prieta a Nogales

And from Agua Prieta to Nogales


La migra a mí me agarró

The border patrol caught me

Trescientes veces digamos

Three hundred times, let's say

Pero jamás me domó

But it never tamed me

A mí me hizo los mandados

It made me run errands

Los golpes que a mí me dio

The blows it gave me

Se los cobré a sus paisanos

I collected them from its countrymen

Moderated by Marina Morales
Managua, Nicaragua October 20, 2024
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