Ricardo Arjona
Yo me vi (Autorretrato) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 3:46
Yo me vi
I saw myself
Marginal y reprimido
Marginal and repressed
Izquierdoso y vengativo
Leftist and vengeful
Y hoy parezco un maniquí
And today I look like a mannequin
Yo me vi
I saw myself
"Viva el Che" en la camiseta
"Long live Che" on the shirt
Y un milico en bayoneta
And a soldier with a bayonet
Persiguiéndome a morir
Chasing me to death
Yo me vi
I saw myself
De transporte colectivo
On public transport
De bandera, alternativo
As a flag, alternative
Y el futuro, un bisturí
And the future, a scalpel
Yo me vi
I saw myself
De agremiado socialista
As a socialist union member
Esos que hoy son anarquistas
Those who today are anarchists
Y van a Vail a hacer esquí
And they go to Vail to ski
Yo me vi
I saw myself
Convertido en nuevo rico
Transformed into a new rich
Y esta mierda, testifico
And this crap, I testify
No es del todo
It's not entirely
Para mí
For me
Yo me vi
I saw myself
De portada en la revista
On the cover of the magazine
Yo que fui telegrafista
I who used to be a telegrapher
Hoy voy de divo a lo Dalí
Today I'm a diva, like Dalí
Yo me vi
I saw myself
De Ferrari en Montecarlo
In a Ferrari in Monte Carlo
Todo un yuppie pa' envidiarlo
A total yuppie to envy
Y un amor para elegir
And a love to choose
Yo me vi
I saw myself
Apostándole al mercado
Betting on the market
Yo que estaba desahuciado
I who was hopeless
¿Qué carajos hago aquí?
What the hell am I doing here?
Yo me vi
I saw myself
De proletario y vanguardista
From proletarian and avant-garde
Al jet-set de los artistas
To the jet-set of artists
Y en el medio me perdí
And in the middle, I got lost
Yo me vi
I saw myself
Triste y tan decepcionado
Sad and so disappointed
Hoy que sé que los dos lados
Today I know that both sides
Se aprovecharon
They took advantage
De mí
Of me
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Key vocabulary
- vi
- I sawA2
- reprimido
- repressed
- izquierdoso
- leftist
- vengativo
- vengefulA1
- hoy
- todayA1
- che
- thatA2
- camiseta
- T-shirtB2
- milico
- soldierB1
- bayoneta
- bayonet
- persiguiéndome
- pursue
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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.