Temporada En La Sierra

Season in the Sierra

Temporada En La Sierra

I navigate it in the sierraMe la navego en la sierra
All season longTodita la temporada
I know I risk my lifeSe que me rifo la vida
Watering the bad weedRegando la hierva mala
But it feels goodPero se siente bonito
When you receive the money.Cuando recibes la lana.

Planting corn and beansSembrando maíz y fríjol
I never saved a pennyNunca junte ningún centavo
From sunup to sundown they watched meDe sol a sol me miraban
Holding onto the plowAgarrado del arado
I realized that being poorMe di cuenta que ser pobre
Was working honestly.Era trabajar a honrado.

Several fields of weedVarios plantíos de hierva
I have throughout the sierraTengo por toda la sierra
Some spray the foolUnos fumiga el boludo
But the big ones remain for mePero los grandes me quedan
And when I look at the tailsY cuando miro las colas
Dollars reveal themselves to me.Dólares se me revelan.

Several times I've come acrossVarias veces me han topado
The cops on the roadLos guachos en el camino
But they see me with my stickPero me miran bordón
And say poor old manY dicen pobre viejillo
They can't imagine that INo se imaginan que yo
Have a knack for lying.Para mentir tengo estilo.

Those people from the sierraEsa gente de la sierra
Don't understand and never willNo entiende ni entenderá
The cops almost kill themLos guachos casi los matan
And they go back to plantingY ellos vuelven a sembrar
They don't let seasons go byNo dejan ir temporadas
Every year they grow more.Cada año levantan mas.

They cross it to foreign landsLa cruzan pa el extranjero
Through different bordersPor diferentes fronteras
The cops don't detect itLos guachos no la detectan
Nor do they even come closeNi se le acercan siquiera
Maybe it's well hiddenSerá que va bien clavada
Or maybe someone helps.O será que alguien coopera.

Green gives me hopeEl verde me a esperanza
As Paulino saysComo lo dice paulino
Dollars and weedLos dólares y la hierva
Are green, that's true friendsSon verde eso es cierto amigos
The sierra is a fortuneLa sierra es una fortuna
But only if you plant the good stuff.Pero si siembras lo fino.