
Ricardo Arjona
Si el Norte Fuera el Sur lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1992
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 4:54
El norte, sus Mc Donald's, basketball y rock and roll
The north, its McDonald's, basketball and rock and roll
Sus topless, sus Madonas y el abdomen de Stallone
Its topless women, its Madonnas and Stallone's abs
Intelectuales del bronceado
Intellectuals of the tan
Eruditos de supermercado
Scholars from the supermarket
Tienen todo pero nada lo han pagado
They have everything but haven't paid for a thing
Con 18 eres un niño para un trago en algun bar
At 18 you're still a kid to have a drink in some bar
Pero ya eres todo un hombre pa' la guerra y pa' matar
But you're already a man for war and to kill
Viva Vietnam y que viva Forrest Gump
Long live Vietnam and long live Forrest Gump
Viva Wall Street y que viva Donald Trump
Long live Wall Street and long live Donald Trump
Viva el Seven Eleven
Long live the Seven Eleven
Polvean su nariz
They powder their nose
Y usan jeringa en los bolsillos
And carry syringes in their pockets
Viajan con marihuana
They travel with marijuana
Para entender la situación
To understand the situation
De este juez del planeta que lanza una invitación
Of this world's judge who throws out an invitation
Córtaselo a tu marido y ganarás reputación
Cut it off your husband and you'll gain a reputation
Las barras y las estrellas se adueñan de mi bandera
The bars and the stars take over my flag
Y nuestra libertad no es otra cosa que una ramera
And our freedom is nothing but a whore
Y si la deuda externa nos robó la primavera
And if the foreign debt stole our spring
Al diablo la geografía, se acabaron las fronteras
To hell with geography, borders are finished
Si el norte fuera el sur
If the north were the south
Serían los sioux los marginados
The Sioux would be the outcasts
Ser moreno y chaparrito sería el look más cotizado
Being dark and short would be the most sought-after look
Marcos sería el rambo mexicano
Marcos would be the Mexican Rambo
Y Cindy Crawford la Menchú de mis paisanos
And Cindy Crawford would be the Menchú of my fellow countrymen
Reagan sería Somoza
Reagan would be Somoza
Fidel sería un atleta corriendo bolsas por Wall Street
Fidel would be an athlete running bags on Wall Street
Y el Che haría hamburgesas al estilo double meat
And Che would make hamburgers double meat style
Los Yankees de mojados a Tijuana
The Yankees would be wetbacks in Tijuana
Y las balsas de Miami a la Habana
And the rafts from Miami to Havana
Si el norte fuera el sur
If the north were the south
Seríamos igual o tal vez un poco peor
We'd be the same or maybe a little worse
Con las malvinas por Groenlandia
With the Malvinas in Greenland
Y en Guatemala un Disneylandia
And a Disneyland in Guatemala
Y un Simón Bolívar rompiendo su secreto
And a Simón Bolívar unveiling his secret
Ahí les va la 187, fuera los Yankees por decreto
Here comes the 187, Yankees out by decree
Las barras y las estrellas se adueñan de mi bandera
The stripes and stars take over my flag
Y nuestra libertad no es otra cosa que una ramera
And our freedom is nothing but a whore
Y si la deuda externa nos robó la primavera
And if the foreign debt robbed us of springtime
Al diablo la geografía, se acabaron las fronteras
To hell with geography, borders are over
Las barras y las estrellas se adueñan de mi bandera
The bars and the stars take over my flag
Y nuestra libertad no es otra cosa que una ramera
And our freedom is nothing but a whore
Y si la deuda externa nos robó la primavera
And if the foreign debt stole our spring
Al diablo la geografía, se acabaron las fronteras
To hell with geography, the borders are gone
Si el norte fuera el sur
If the north were the south
Sería la misma porquería
It would be the same old crap
Yo cantaría un rap
I would sing a rap
Y esta canción no existiría
And this song wouldn't exist
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Key vocabulary
- cosa
- thingA1
- norte
- northA1
- donald's
- —
- topless
- bare-breasted
- madonas
- Madonnas
- stallone
- —
- intelectuales
- intellectualsB2
- bronceado
- tan
- eruditos
- scholars
- tienen
- haveB1
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.