
Ricardo Arjona
Si yo fuera lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1994
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 4:29
Si yo fuera diputado
If I were a congressman
Sería un tipo bien intencionado
I'd be a well-intentioned guy
Promovería la industria
I would promote the industry
Sin olvidar a Chepe el del mercado
Without forgetting Chepe from the market
Si fuese cardenal
If I were a cardinal
Censuraría el sermón si se repite
I'd censor the sermon if it repeats
Conseguiría una novia
I would get a girlfriend
Para no andar jugando al escondite
So I wouldn't be playing hide and seek
Por eso no soy
That's why I'm neither
Ni diputado ni cardenal
A congressman nor a cardinal
Soy marioneta del carnaval
I'm a puppet of the carnival
De ser rey de inglaterra
If I were the king of England
Empezaría por devolver las tierras
I would start by giving back the lands
Que se las han robado
That have been stolen from them
Justo a los que no pueden darles guerra
Right to those who can't fight back
Si fuese Demi Moore
If I were Demi Moore
No habría proposición indecorosa
There wouldn't be an indecent proposal
Por menos de un millón
For less than a million
Me hubiese ido a acostar con cualquier cosa
I would have gone to bed with anything
Por eso no soy
That's why I'm not
Rey de Inglaterra ni Demi Moore
King of England nor Demi Moore
Soy aprendiz de cantautor
I'm a novice singer-songwriter
Buscando historias en los cócteles
Searching for stories in the cocktails
Puritanas en los burdeles
Puritans in the brothels
Buscando genios en los cuarteles
Seeking geniuses in the barracks
Mordiendo tiras en los retenes
Biting strips at the roadblocks
Buscando flores en la basura
Looking for flowers in the garbage
Buscando ilesos en las dictaduras
Searching for the unscathed in dictatorships
Buscando humanos en las caricaturas
Looking for humans in the cartoons
Buscando enanos con estatura
Searching for dwarfs with stature
Si yo volviera a ser niño
If I could be a child again
Seguro no le haría caso a nadie
I'm sure I wouldn't pay attention to anyone
Te heredan sus complejos
They inherit their complexes
Iglesia y hasta equipo de futbol
Church and even a football team
Si fuese lo que soy
If I were what I am
Seguro pensaría está todo bien
I'm sure I'd think it's all alright
Qué es lo que puedo hacer
What is it that I can do
Si ya soy pasajero de este tren
If I'm already a passenger on this train
Por eso no soy
That's why I am not
Ni niño ni lo que soy
Neither a child nor what I am
Soy otro plato más en el mantel
I'm just another plate on the table
Buscando historias en los cócteles
Searching for stories in the cocktails
Puritanas en los burdeles
Puritans in the brothels
Buscando genios en los cuarteles
Looking for geniuses in the barracks
Mordiendo tiras en los retenes
Biting strips at the checkpoints
Buscando flores en la basura
Searching for flowers in the trash
Buscando ilesos en las dictaduras
Looking for the unscathed in the dictatorships
Buscando humanos en las caricaturas
Searching for humans in the cartoons
Buscando enanos con estatura
Looking for dwarfs with stature
Buscando historias en los cócteles
Searching for stories in the cocktails
Puritanas en los burdeles
Puritans in the brothels
Buscando genios en los cuarteles
Searching for geniuses in the barracks
Mordiendo tiras en los retenes
Biting strips in the checkpoints
Buscando flores en la basura
Searching for flowers in the trash
Buscando ilesos en las dictaduras
Looking for the unscathed in dictatorships
Buscando humanos en las caricaturas
Searching for humans in the cartoons
Buscando enanos con estatura
Looking for dwarfs with stature
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Key vocabulary
- sus
- his/herA1
- tierras
- landsA1
- jugando
- playingB1
- fuera
- outsideA2
- diputado
- deputyB2
- sería
- would beB1
- tipo
- typeA2
- bien
- wellA1
- intencionado
- intentional
- promovería
- would promote
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.