Ricardo Arjona
La vida está de luto lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 4:06
Hay un sordo en la disquera
There's a deaf one at the record label
Escogiendo el repertorio
Choosing the repertoire
Un condón en la cartera
A condom in the wallet
Condenado al envoltorio
Doomed to the wrapping
Hay un simio en el congreso
There's a monkey in Congress
Hay un genio en bancarrota
There's a genius in bankruptcy
Hay un violador confeso
There's a confessed rapist
Invitándote a una copa
Inviting you for a drink
Hay lagartos con zapatos
There are lizards in shoes
Y hay zapatos de lagarto
And there are shoes made of lizard
Hay amores inmediatos
There are instant loves
Y otros que son peor que un parto
And others that are worse than giving birth
Otros que son peor que un parto
Others that are worse than giving birth
Hay un muro en la frontera
There is a wall at the border
Zigzagueándose en el mapa
Zigzagging on the map
La patrol siempre a la espera
The patrol always on the lookout
Como trampa para ratas
Like a trap for rats
Hay un pinche paparazzo
There's a damn paparazzo
Columpiándose en la rama
Swinging on the branch
Una monja con retraso
A nun with a delay
Y un amante con sotana
And a lover in a cassock
Hay más chismes en la tele
There are more gossip on the TV
Que canciones en la radio
Than songs on the radio
Hay noticias que no duelen
There are news that don't hurt
Y hay de idiotas un estadio
And there's a stadium of fools
Hay de idiotas un estadio
There's a stadium of fools
Y todos viven aquí
And they all live here
Como si nada
As if nothing
Jugando siempre al faquir
Always playing the fakir
En desbandada
In disarray
Tratando de ir y venir
Trying to go back and forth
Con el afán de cumplir
With the desire to fulfill
Lo que les dicta una ley
What a law dictates to them
De marionetas suicidas
Of suicidal puppets
Sumisos en estampida
Submissive in stampede
Hay un príncipe heredero
There’s a prince heir
De coronas obsoletas
Of obsolete crowns
Hay un toro en el potrero
There’s a bull in the pasture
Exigiendo la coleta
Demanding the tail
Hay velorio en el congreso
There’s a wake in Congress
Por la muerte de un decreto
By the death of a decree
Una idea es un exceso
An idea is an excess
Como un bosque en el concreto
Like a forest in the concrete
Yo conozco un abogado
I know a lawyer
Que es un buitre de corbata
Who is a vulture in a tie
Con un libro a su costado
With a book by his side
Es la ley y está en barata
It's the law and it's on sale
Es la ley y está en barata
It's the law and it's on sale
Y todos viven aquí
And everyone lives here
Como si nada
As if nothing
Jugando siempre al faquir
Always playing the fakir
En desbandada
In a rush
Tratando de ir y venir
Trying to go and come back
Con el afán de cumplir
With the desire to fulfill
Lo que les dicta una ley
What a law dictates to them
De marionetas suicidas
Of suicidal puppets
Sumisos en estampida
Submissive in stampede
Sumisos en estampida
Submissive in stampede
La vida está de luto
Life is in mourning
El llanto está de moda
Crying is in fashion
Se salva el que es astuto
He who is clever gets saved
Se joda el que se joda
To hell with whoever gets hurt
Y todos viven aquí
And everyone lives here
Como si nada
As if nothing
Jugando siempre al faquir
Always playing the fakir
En desbandada
In disarray
Tratando de ir y venir
Trying to come and go
Con el afán de cumplir
With the desire to fulfill
Lo que les dicta una ley
What a law dictates to them
De marionetas suicidas
Of suicidal puppets
Borregos en estampida
Sheep in stampede
Como si nada
As if nothing
En desbandada
In a wild flight
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Key vocabulary
- amante
- loverB2
- coronas
- crownsB2
- estadio
- stadiumB2
- frontera
- borderB2
- monja
- nunB2
- tele
- TVA2
- velorio
- wakeA2
- más
- moreA1
- retraso
- delayA1
- siempre
- alwaysA1
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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.