Las Casitas Del Barrio Alto

Victor Jara
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Las casitas del barrio alto

The little houses of the high neighborhood

Con rejas y antejardín

With gates and front gardens

Una preciosa entrada de autos

A beautiful car entrance

Esperando un Peugeot

Waiting for a Peugeot


Hay rosadas, verdecitas

There are pink ones, greenish ones

Blanquitas y celestitas

White ones and light blue ones

Las casitas del barrio alto

The little houses of the high neighborhood

Todas hechas con recipol

All made with recipol


Y las gentes de las casitas

And the people of the little houses

Se sonríen y se visitan

Smile at each other and visit

Van juntitos al supermarket

They go together to the supermarket

Y todos tienen un televisor

And everyone has a television


Hay dentistas, comerciantes

There are dentists, merchants

Latifundistas y traficantes

Large landowners and traffickers

Abogados y rentistas

Lawyers and rentiers

Y todos visten polycron

And everyone wears polycron


Juegan bridge, toman martini-dry

They play bridge, drink martini-dry

Y los niños son rubiecitos

And the children are little blondes

Y con otros rubiecitos

And with other little blondes

Van juntitos al colegio 'high'!

They go together to the 'high' school!


Y el hijito de su papi

And the son of his daddy

Luego va a la universidad

Then goes to the university

Comenzando su problemática

Starting his problems

Y la intríngulis social

And the social intricacies


Fuma pitillos en Austin mini

He smokes little cigars in an Austin Mini

Juega con bombas y con política

He plays with bombs and with politics

Asesina a generales

He murders generals

Y es un gánster de la sedición

And he's a gangster of sedition


Y las gentes de las casitas

And the people of the little houses

Se sonríen y se visitan

Smile at each other and visit

Van juntitos al supermarket

They go together to the supermarket

Y todos tienen un televisor

And everyone has a television


Hay rosadas, verdecitas

There are pink ones, greenish ones

Blanquitas y celestitas

White ones and light blue ones

Las casitas del barrio alto

The little houses of the high neighborhood

Todas hechas con recipol

All made with recipol

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Bogotá, Colombia October 27, 2024
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