Ricardo Arjona
Hongos lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 4:23
¿Quién le dio los hongos al Dios que nos hizo?
Who gave the mushrooms to the God who made us?
¿Quién me da respuestas para este misterio?
Who gives me answers to this mystery?
¿Quién puso elefantes en mi cobertizo?
Who put elephants in my shed?
¿Qué hacen tantos vivos en el cementerio?
What are so many alive doing in the cemetery?
¿Qué haces en mi vida dándome instrucciones?
What are you doing in my life giving me instructions?
Búscate un oficio, yo no tengo dueño
Find yourself a trade, I have no owner.
Ve a pintar graffitis con dos corazones
Go paint graffiti with two hearts.
Búscate un idiota, manso y hogareño
Find yourself an idiot, gentle and homely.
Ganas de huir de aquí
Desire to flee from here.
Sé lo que hay que hacer
I know what needs to be done.
Para largarme de una vez, a otro planeta
To leave once and for all, to another planet
Ganas de huir de aquí
A desire to flee from here
De no volverte a ver
To never see you again
Meter mi vida y mi locura a esta maleta (Ey)
Packing my life and my madness into this suitcase (Ey)
Tengo algo de inglés para pedirme un trago
I know a bit of English to order myself a drink
Uso el castellano pa' pagar la renta
I use Spanish to pay the rent
Duelen los impuestos cuando se los pago
Taxes hurt when I pay them
Lo poco que soy, ya está puesto a la venta
The little I am is already up for sale
Demasiado idiota dirigiendo el mundo
Too much of an idiot running the world
Nada a qué aferrarme, todo lo perdí
Nothing to hold onto, I've lost it all
El oro y la mierda, siempre los confundo
Gold and shit, I always mix them up
Sigue con tu vida, sé feliz por mí
Keep living your life, be happy for me
Ganas de huir de aquí
Desire to flee from here
Sé lo que hay que hacer
I know what needs to be done
Para largarme de una vez, a otro planeta
To finally leave, to another planet
Ganas de huir de aquí
Desire to flee from here
De no volverte a ver
To never see you again
Meter mi vida y mi locura a esta maleta
To pack my life and my madness into this suitcase
Ganas de huir de aquí
Desire to flee from here
Sé lo que hay que hacer
I know what needs to be done
Para largarme de una vez, a otro planeta
To finally get away, to another planet
Ganas de huir de aquí
Desire to flee from here
De no volverte a ver
To never see you again
Meter mi vida y mi locura a esta maleta (Ey)
To pack my life and my madness into this suitcase (Ey)
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Key vocabulary
- sigue
- continueA2
- hogareño
- homelyA1
- maleta
- suitcaseA1
- sé
- knowA1
- tengo
- I haveA1
- ver
- seeA1
- vivos
- aliveA1
- quién
- whoA1
- le
- to him/her/youA2
- dio
- gaveB2
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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.