La Flaca

The Skinny One

La Flaca

They ask me whyMe preguntan que por qué
Sometimes I kick backA veces, pateo para atrás
It's because there's a skinny oneEs que hay una flaca
On my heelsQue me pisa los talones

So much singing to lifeTanto cantarle a la vida
Today I'll sing to deathHoy le cantaré a la muerte
An uninvited guestVisita no requerida
A visit of bad luckVisita de mala suerte

She's already taken my grandparentsYa se llevó a mis abuelos
My brother and my friendA mi hermano y a mi amigo
She also took my parentsTambién se llevó a mis padres
And my beloved son, WheatY a mi amado hijo, Trigo

So much singing to the fat oneTanto cantarle a la gorda
Today I'll sing to the skinny oneHoy le cantaré a la flaca
By the way, she's blind and deafPor cierto, que es ciega y sorda
And no one escapes herY de ella nadie se escapa

She takes the poor and the richSe lleva a pobres y ricos
Daily she takes so manyA diario se lleva a tantos
She takes the big and the smallSe lleva a grandes y chicos
She takes devils and saintsSe lleva a diablos y santos

She pulled me a few timesA mí me jaló unas veces
But it was just a jokePero solo fueron broma
She wants me to see more lightsQuiere que mire más luces
Stuck up there on my hillClavadas allá en mi loma

She pushed me a few timesA mí me empujó unas veces
But it was just a jokePero solo han sido broma
She wants me to see more crossesQuiere que mire más cruces
Stuck up there on my hillClavadas allá en mi loma

So much singing to lifeTanto cantarle a la vida
I forgot about her twinMe olvidé de su gemela
Maybe because one is beautifulSerá porque una es hermosa
The other, bald and toothlessLa otra, calva y chimuela

And on the flanks of my horseY en las ancas de mi cuaco
Sometimes she's been with meA veces, conmigo ha andado
She finds me ugly and skinnyMe encuentra feíto y flaco
That's why she hasn't taken mePor eso, no me ha llevado

She already took my buddyYa se llevó a mi compadre
My uncle, my nephewA mi tío, a mi sobrino
She always hits where it hurtsSiempre pega donde duele
She took my godfatherSe llevó a mi padrino

She takes the poor and the richSe lleva a pobres y ricos
Daily she takes so manyA diario se lleva a tantos
Collects crucifixesColecciona crucifijos
Profits from the graveyardsLucra con los camposantos

She pulled me a few timesA mí me jaló unas veces
But it was just a jokePero solo han sido broma
She wants me to see more lightsQuiere que mire más luces
Stuck up there on my hillClavadas allá en mi loma

She pulled me a few timesA mí me jaló unas veces
But it was just a jokePero solo han sido broma
She wants me to see more crossesQuiere que mire más cruces
Stuck up there on my hillClavadas allá en mi loma

And that you see more lightsY que tú mires más luces
If you peek into eternitySi a la eternidad te asomas