La Cucaracha

The Cockroach

La Cucaracha

At church and at the fairEn la misa y en la feria
Everyone already knowsTodo el mundo ya lo sabe
Those who reach the governmentLos que llegan al gobierno
Because it can be boughtPorque se puede comprar

From the communist partyDel partido comunista
There is almost nothing leftYa no queda casi nada
Now everyone is lookingAhora todos van buscando
How to make millionsComo hacerse millonadas

It was the meeting of nationsFue la junta de naciones
To put their opinionsA poner sus opiniones
Not everyone agreedTodos no estaban de acuerdo
Where and when to bombDonde y cuando bombardear

The presidents sitSe sientan los presidentes
In the government chairEn la silla del gobierno
Then they send to warLuego mandan a la guerra
The people of their townA la gente de su pueblo

The cockroach, the cockroachLa cucaracha, la cucaracha
Who can no longer walkQue ya no puede caminar
Because it doesn't havePorque no tiene
Because it lacksPorque le falta
The marijuana to smokeLa marijuana que fumar

Huaracha girl we're going to huaracharhuaracha muchacha que vamoa huarachar
There goes a cockroach who wants to tradeva una cucaracha que quiere comerciar,
Play, crazy open my mouthtoca, loca ábreme la boca,
Find me a coke I don't want to workbuscame una coca que no quiero trabalear,
Mica, rich to tap dancemica, rica para zapatear,
I ask Victor Jara not to bend mepido a Victor Jara no me vaya a doblegar,
Chama chama to Che Guevarachama chama al Ché Guevara,
A request, a cockroachuna petición, una cucaracha,
Because of guilt and omissionpor culpa y omision,

The cockroach, the cockroachLa cucaracha, la cucaracha
Who can no longer walkQue ya no puede caminar
Because it doesn't havePorque no tiene
Because it lacksPorque le falta
The marijuana to smokeLa marijuana que fumar

Everyone fights for the chairTodos se pelean la silla
That leaves them a lot of moneyQue les deja mucha plata
In the north Pancho VillaEn el norte Pancho Villa
And in the south long live Zapata!Y en el sur viva Zapata!

The cockroach has diedYa murió la cucaracha
They are already taking her to buryYa la llevan a enterrar
Among four vulturesEntre cuatro zopilotes
And a sacristan's mouseY un ratón de sacristán