El Ojo de Agua

The Water Eye

El Ojo de Agua

A water eye in the mountainsUn ojo de agua en la sierra
It's a mine, sirEs una mina seniore
I plant, harvest, and sellYo siembro,cosecho y vendo
There's never a drought for my flowersNunca hay sekia pa mis flores
All year is the seasonTodo el anio es temporada
Little eye of my loves.Ojito de mis amores.

If the government discovers itSi lo descubre el govierno
They won't even know what it's aboutNi sabra de ke trata poke
I put up a sign for them to readLe puse un letrero pa ke lo lea
If someone passes by, it saysSi alguien pasa ke dice
"we live for you, regards the cows"."por ti vivimos att. las vacas".

Habits save you strengthLas manias te ahorran fuerza
My father said onceDijo mi padre una vez
If someone follows your trailSi alguien te sigue la huella
Wear the sandal backwardsMonte el huarache al revez
That way you catch them head-onAsi lo agarraz de frente
And you can defend yourself.Y te puedes defender.

He who perseveres achievesEl ke persevera alcansa
I learned that a long time agoEso lo supe ase tiempo
Today I have what I wantHoy tengo lo ke yo kiero
Even if the government follows meAunke me siga el gobierno
But that doesn't worry mePero eso no me preocupa
Being poor scares me.Ser pobre si me da miedo.

I have plantations in plain sightTengo plantios ala vista
To mislead the governmentPa despistar al gobierno
And every time they burn themY cada vez ke los keman
I plant them againLos vuelvo a plantar de nuevo
They think they ruin meEllos piensan ke me arruinan
They don't know there are hills full.No saben ke hay cerros llenos.

Everything I harvestTodo lo ke cosecho
I send it to the gringosSe lo mando a los gabachos
They send me billsEllos me mandan billetes
And the kids get mad at meY se me enojan los huachos
"if the sun rises for everyone"si sale el sol para todos
Why make shade, boys".Por ke aser sombra muchachos".

To succeed in lifePara triunfar en la vida
You don't have to be a traffickerNo hay ke ser un traficante
But if that's what you decidePero si asi lo decides
That's a different storyEso ya es punto y aparte
Give me a callHechame un telefonaso
The water eye is very big.El ojo de agua es muy grande.