La Tarántula

The Tarantula

La Tarántula

The tarantula is a very bad bug, it's not killed with stone or stickLa tarántula e un bicho mu malo, no se mata con piera ni palo
It runs away and gets into all theQue huye y se mete por tó los
Corners and its stings are very cunningRincones y son mu malinas sus picazones
Oh mother!¡Ay mare!
I don't know what's wrong with meNo sé que tengo
Yesterday I passed by the field andQue que ayé pasé po la era y ha
I suddenly started feeling the sea of tremblingPrencipiaíto a entrame er mar de la temblaera

Could it be that the harmful tarantula bit me, and¿Será que a mí me ha picao la tarántula dañina, y es
I'm all sick from its very fine blood?Toy toitico enfermao por su sangre tan endina?
May the bugs eat you¡Te coman los mengues
Damn spider that has a guitar painted on its belly!Mardita la araña que tié en la barriga pintá una guitarra!
Dancing cures such deep painBailando se cura tan jondo doló
Oh oh oh The spider, the spider that bit me!Ay ay ay ¡La araña, la araña que a mí me picó!
I'm not afraid of lightning or bullets, nor am I afraid of anything worseNo le temo a los rayos ni bala, ni le temo a otra cosa más mala
Than what my father did to me, handsomer than the RoosterQue me hizo mi pare más guapo que el Gallo
But may that little bug be struck by lightning Oh, mother!Pero a ese bichito lo parta un rayo ¡Ay, mare!
I'm feeling unwell, I'm getting sweats that have left me dryYo estoy malito, me está entrando unos suores que m'han dejaito seco
And eaten by itchingY comío de picores

Could it be that the harmful tarantula bit me, and that's why¿Será que a mí me ha picao la tarántula dañina, y por
I'm feeling more drained than a sardine?Eso me he quedao más dergao que una sardina?
May the bugs eat you¡Te coman los mengues
Damn spider that has a guitar painted on its belly!Mardita la araña que tié en la barriga pintá una guitarra!
Dancing cures such deep painBailando se cura tan jondo doló
Oh oh oh Curse the spider that bit me!Ay ay ay ¡Malhaya la araña que a mí me picó!