
Ricardo Arjona
El bobo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 4:09
Con la fuerza de un tren militar
With the strength of a military train
Se desplaza el presente sin ley
The present moves lawlessly
El pasado no va a regresar
The past will not return
Y el azar seguirá siendo el rey
And chance will remain the king
Te pondrás como yugo el reloj
You will wear the clock as a yoke
Y saldrás a la calle a morir
And you will go out to the street to die
Verás filas de idiotas sin fin
You will see endless lines of fools
Fracasados haciéndole al coach
Failures playing the life coach
Socialistas con chef Michelin
Socialists with Michelin chefs
Dictadores haciendo el approach
Dictators making their approach
Seguirás la costumbre del tedio
You'll follow the routine of boredom
Y buscarás por rutina el amor
And you'll seek love by habit
Irás a un altar por cumplir
You'll go to an altar just to fulfill
La costumbre del gueto social
The custom of the social ghetto
Pensarás que es como hay que vivir
You'll think this is how life should be
Y llorarás escondido
And you'll cry in secret
Pensarás que has vivido
You'll think you've really lived
Y a esperar como un bobo el final
And wait like a fool for the end
Te pondrás ese jeans y a soñar
You'll put on those jeans and dream
Con las cosas que nunca tendrás
Of the things you’ll never have
Vendrán hijos que van a volar
There will come children who will fly
Cada amigo traerá su antifaz
Every friend will bring their mask
Tendrás dietas, complejos y vicios
You'll have diets, complexes, and vices
Y algún dios que consuele el dolor
And some god to soothe the pain
Habrá cuesta cada fin de mes
There will be a struggle at the end of each month
Presupuestos que no alcanzarán
Budgets that won't be enough
Ser feliz puede ser pa después
Being happy can wait for later
Y llorarás escondido
And you'll cry in secret
Pensarás que has vivido
You'll think you've truly lived
Y a esperar como un bobo el final
And wait like a fool for the end
Te harás viejo, y con suerte un doctor
You'll grow old, and with luck, a doctor
Pospondrá tu final pa después
Will postpone your end for later
Te pondrán la corbata mejor
They'll fit you with a better tie
En tu traje final de ciprés
In your final tux of cypress
Si dejaste algún bien lograrás
If you left any goods, you'll achieve
En tu nombre una riña de adiós
In your name, a fight of goodbye
No sabrás si después hay después
You won't know if there's an after
Igual no tendrás nada que hacer
You still might have nothing to do
No se puede vivir al revés
You can't live backwards
Y llorarás escondido
And you'll cry in secret
Pensarás que has vivido
You'll think you've lived
Y a esperar como un bobo el final
And wait like a fool for the end
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Key vocabulary
- vicios
- vicesB2
- algún
- someB1
- amor
- loveB1
- cumplir
- fulfillB1
- dietas
- dietsB1
- filas
- rowsB1
- idiotas
- idiotsB1
- reloj
- watchA1
- presupuestos
- budgetsB1
- ser
- beB1
About this song
Ricardo Arjona is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and actor in the Latin pop and Latin ballad genres. He is known for the chart-topping hits “Mujeres” and “El Problema,” and for a long-running career with numerous Billboard Latin chart entries and honors, including induction into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.