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The Cockroach

Inti-Illimani

La Cucaracha

Voy a cantar un corrido
Que anda en toditas las voces
De una mujer de la tropa
Que todo el mundo conoce

En el pueblo de Conejos
Por unas calles muy tiestas
Viene triste y derrotado
El valiente Antonio Zeta

La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Ya no puede caminar
Porque le falta, porque no tiene
Marihuana que fumar

Iban los tres en silencio
Sus pensamientos rumiando
Mientras el destino ciego
Los hilos iba tramando

En los cascos del caballo
Suena el polvo del camino
Ya se van, llora un cariño
Un cariño malogrado

La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Ya no puede caminar
Porque le falta, porque no tiene
Marihuana que fumar

Ya el águila voló
Ya el nopal quedó solito
El fruto de tus amores
Ya no dista del olvido

Ya murió la cucaracha
Ya la llevan a enterrar
Entre cuatro zopilotes
Y un gato de sacristán

La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Ya no puede caminar
Porque le falta, porque no tiene
Marihuana que fumar

Y aquí termina el corrido
Que cantó a la cucaracha

La cucaracha, la cucaracha

The Cockroach

I'm going to sing a corrido
That goes through all the voices
Of a woman from the troop
That everyone knows

In the town of Conejos
Through some very tough streets
Comes sad and defeated
The brave Antonio Zeta

The cockroach, the cockroach
Can't walk anymore
Because it's missing, because it doesn't have
Marijuana to smoke

The three were silent
Ruminating on their thoughts
While blind destiny
Was weaving the threads

In the horse's hooves
The dust of the road sounds
They're leaving, a love cries
A spoiled love

The cockroach, the cockroach
Can't walk anymore
Because it's missing, because it doesn't have
Marijuana to smoke

The eagle has flown
The nopal is left alone
The fruit of your loves
Is not far from oblivion

The cockroach has died
They're taking her to bury
Among four vultures
And a sacristan's cat

The cockroach, the cockroach
Can't walk anymore
Because it's missing, because it doesn't have
Marijuana to smoke

And here ends the corrido
That sang to the cockroach

The cockroach, the cockroach

Escrita por: Corrido Popular Mexicano