La Casa Por La Ventana

The House Through the Window

La Casa Por La Ventana

They burned all the shipsQuemaron todas las naves
To start a new lifePara iniciar una nueva vida
They paid dearly for the keyPagaron cara la llave
False of the promised landFalsa de la tierra prometida
But, instead of the CaribbeanPero, en lugar del Caribe
With its bachata, with its palm treesCon su bachata, con sus palmeras
The Motherland receivesLa Madre Patria recibe
The immigrant with petenerasAl inmigrante por peteneras
And it's not good in BarcelonaY no es bona Barcelona
When the stock market, cousin, doesn't ringCuando la bolsa, primo, no sona
And the cholo wins in MadridY gana el cholo en Madrid
Less than a dog without pedigreeMenos que un perro sin pedigrí
And the mestizo, in SevilleY el mestizo, por Sevilla
Goes singing through nightmaresVa dando un cante por pesadillas
And, if two Basques robY, si dos vascos atracan
A pharmacist in VigoA un farmacéutico en Vigo
The witness swears they were South AmericansJura el testigo que eran sudacas
And every weekendY cada fin de semana
They throw the house through the windowTiran la casa por la ventana
Marking a tight embraceMarcándose un agarrado
At El Café del MercadoEn El Café del Mercado
Which is not the same as the TropicanaQue no es lo mismo que el Tropicana
They kill themselves making bedsSe matan haciendo camas
Selling kisses, shining floorsVendiendo besos, lustrando suelos
If hunger bites on the branchSi pica el hambre en la rama
The turtledove takes flightLa tortolica levanta el vuelo
And, in squares and cinemasY, en plazoletas y cines
For a mattress and a plate of soupPor un jergón y plato de sopa
With a carpet and a KleenexCon una alfombra y un kleenex
They polish the ass of EuropeLe sacan brillo al culo de Europa
And, the police forceY, el cuerpo de policía
Comes with immigration lawsViene con leyes de extranjería
And, to the Moor from the boatY, al moro de la patera
A patrol boat ruins his funLe corta el rollo una patrullera
And, to the tasty mulattoY, al mulato sabrosón
They give him the whole InquisitionLe dan en toda la inquisición
And, to the little gypsy, the waveY, al gitaníto, la ola
Bad luck and paya burnMalaje y paya le quema
The little roof of the shackEl tejadito de la chabola
And every weekendY cada fin de semana
They throw the house through the windowTiran la casa por la ventana
Kaftans and breakfastChilabas y desayuno
Of kifi with Moorish teaDe kifi con té moruno
And they write letters to their sultanaY escriben cartas a su sultana
And every weekendY cada fin de semana
With their Dominican hipsCon sus caderas dominicanas
Buddy, a little guarachaCompadre, una guaranchita
Candombe, samba or rumbaCandombe, samba o rumbita
Or have you never been to Havana?¿O es que usted nunca estuvo en La Habana?
And the Korean worksY el coreano currela
Selling rolls of plimavelaVendiendo lollos de plimavela
And in porn bars the packageY en bares porno el paquete
Of Guinean costs a ticketDe guineano cuesta un billete
And, to the Jewish storeY, al almacén del judío
Six kids go looking for troubleVan seis niñatos buscando lío
And the Polish engineerY al ingeniero polaco
Who came fleeing the coldQue vino huyendo del frío
Is already the butler of the sack manYa es mayordomo del tío del saco
And every weekendY cada fin de semana
They throw the house through the windowTiran la casa por la ventana
And, while ironing a suitY, mientras planchan un traje
Their heart on a tripSu corazón de viaje
They sing The VarsovianaSe va cantando La Varsoviana
And every weekendY cada fin de semana
The little black man staysQueda el negrito
With the UkrainianCon la ucraniana
And they dance polka and little stepY bailan polka y pasito
And they drink vodka and mojitoY soplan vodka y mojito
And they come back drunk in the morningY vuelven trompas por la mañana