Ruperto

Ruperto

Ruperto

Ruperto lived in his fieldRuperto vivía en su campo
His wife and three boysSu mujer y tres muchachos
The grass his medicineLa hierba su medicina
And the witch Antonio his doctorY el brujo antonio su médico

And one day he looked at CaracasY un día miró a caracas
In the village storeEn la pulpería del pueblo
In one of those almanacsEn un almanaque de esos
From the Creole Petroleum CorporationDe la creole petroleum corporation

He wanted to come to CaracasQuiso venir a caracas
Ruperto came to CaracasVino a caracas ruperto
Capitalism helped himLo ayudó el capitalismo
It helped him build his ranchLo ayudó a construir su rancho
With empty Pepsi-Cola cansCon latas vacías de pepsi-cola
With empty Mobil Esso cansCon latas vacías de mobil esso
And he used as a roofY le puso como techo
A Ford Company posterUn afiche de la ford company
'It's easy to have a Mustang'"es fácil tener un mustang"

His youngest boy got sickSe le enfermó su muchacho
The youngest of themEl más pequeño de ellos
And the biggest of his dreamsY el más grande de sus sueños
Ruperto went down to the cityBajó a la ciudad ruperto
To find some remedyA buscarle algún remedio
And his boy died in lineY se le murió en la cola
His dreams diedSe le murieron sus sueños

He had no money to bury himNo tenía pa' enterrarlo
The unemployed RupertoEl desempleado ruperto
And he tried to stealY buscó robar ruperto
To take him to the cemeteryPa' llevarlo al cementerio
Ruperto was arrestedApresaron a ruperto
The police are always efficientLa policía siempre es eficiente
When it comes to the poorCuando se trata de los pobres

The curious cameVinieron los curiosos
And one of them shoutedY gritó uno de ellos
'Police, leave that man'"policía deje ese hombre"
Don't you see he's cryingNo lo ves que está llorando
Don't you see he wants to goNo lo ves que quiere irse
With his dead little boyCon su muchachito muerto
Don't you see he wants to goMo lo ves que quiere irse
Running after his dreamsCorriendo tras de sus sueños

I haven't seen him in a whileHace tiempo no lo veo
But my buddy told mePero mi pana me dijo
He saw him looking for planksQue lo vio buscando tablas
Not to bury a childNo pa' enterrar a un pequeños
But to bury an old manSino pa' enterrar un viejo
To bury capitalismPa' enterrar al capitalismo
The cause of the evilsEl causante de los males
My people are sufferingQue está sufriendo mi pueblo
To take it to the cemeteryPa' llevarlo al cementerio
Built by the workersQue construyen los obreros

Come on, RupertoEchale bolas ruperto
Fight, RupertoGuillo ruperto
The struggle will set you freeQue la lucha te liberará
Keep going, RupertoMucho guillo ruperto
Fight, RupertoLucha ruperto
With the fight, just the fightCon la lucha, la lucha no más
For your mother, RupertoPor tu madre ruperto
Fight, RupertoLucha ruperto
The struggle will set you freeQue la lucha te liberará