Milonga de Martín Fierro

Martin Fierro's Milonga

Milonga de Martín Fierro

I ain't no fancy singerYo no soy cantor letrado
'Cause my thing is to singPorque lo mío es cantar
I don't know when to stopNo tengo cuándo acabar
And I age while singingY me envejezco cantando
The verses keep flowingLas coplas me van brotando
Like spring waterComo agua de manantial

I'm a cowboy, understand itSoy gaucho, y entiéndalo
As my language explainsComo mi lengua lo explica
To me the land is smallPara mí la tierra es chica
And could be biggerY pudiera ser mayor
Neither the snake bites meNi la víbora me pica
Nor does the sun burn my foreheadNi quema mi frente el sol

As long as the strings soundMientras suene el encordado
As long as you find the beatMientras encuentres el compás
I won't stay behindYo no he de quedarme atrás
Without defending my spotSin defender la parada
And I've sworn that neverY he jurado que jamás
Will they take it from meMe la han de llevar robada

No one can take awayNadie me puede quitar
What God gave meAquello que Dios me dio
What I brought from the worldLo que el mundo truje yo
The world will take awayDel mundo lo ha de llevar

I'm a cowboy, understand itSoy gaucho, y entiéndalo
As my language explainsComo mi lengua lo explica
To me the land is smallPara mí la tierra es chica
And could be biggerY pudiera ser mayor
Neither the snake bites meNi la víbora me pica
Nor does the sun burn my foreheadNi quema mi frente el sol

I'm a bull in my rodeoYo soy toro en mi rodeo
And a big bull in someone else's ringY torazo en ruedo ajeno
I always thought of myself as goodSiempre me tuve por bueno
And if they want to test meY si me quieren probar
Let another one singSalga otro a cantar
And we'll see who's lesserY veremos quién es menos

No one can take awayNadie me puede quitar
What God gave meAquello que Dios me dio
What I brought from the worldLo que el mundo truje yo
The world will take awayDel mundo lo ha de llevar

I'm a cowboy, understand itSoy gaucho, y entiéndalo
As my language explainsComo mi lengua lo explica
To me the land is smallPara mí la tierra es chica
And could be biggerY pudiera ser mayor
Neither the snake bites meNi la víbora me pica
Nor does the sun burn my foreheadNi quema mi frente el sol