Tanguillos Marineros

Maritime Tanguillos

Tanguillos Marineros

There are big and small fishHay peces grandes y chicos
Leave the small oneslos pequeños déjalos
The big one eats the small oneel grande se come al chico
And in the belly, an indigestiony en la barriga una indigestión.
The small one becomes bigEl pequeño se hace grande
Turns into a sharkse convierte en tiburón
They come together for the revolts´ajuntan pa la revuelta
Zapata lives, RevolutionZapata vive, Revolución
They come together for the revolts´ajuntan pa la revuelta
Bolivar livesBolivar vive.

There are landless peasantsHay campesinos sin tierra
There are slaves without a bosshay esclavos sin patrón
White-collar thievesladrones de guante blanco
Nights without lyrics, books without sunnoches sin letras, libros sin sol
Politicians and usurerspolíticos y usureros
Who lead us to ruinke nos llevan a la ruina
Bigger towers have fallentorres más grandes han caído
In Venezuela or Limaen Venezuela o en Lima.

The maritime tanguillosLos tanguillos marineros
Under the apronsdebajo de los delantales
With the tanguillos from the portcon los tanguillos del puerto
Claps, joy, samba, and drumspalmas, alegria, samba y timbales.
The gypsies dance rumbaLas gitanas bailan rumba,
They sing to Yemanjale cantan a Jemanjá
Luck for the sailorssuerte pa los marineros
Who touch land and leaveke basan tierra y se van.
Luck for the sailorsSuerte pa los marineros
Who kiss the landke besan tierra.

Look at that luck, cousin how strongMira ke suerte, primo ke fuerte
Cousin what luck, look how strongPrimo ke suerte, mira ke fuerte
I played the lotteryke he jugao a la lotería
And it was my luck to meet youy m´ha tocao conocerte
...look at that luck, look at that luck......mira ke suerte, mira ke suerte...

Time...El tiempo...
Time is a good advisorbuen consejeroo es el tiempo
Greed is a bad friendmala amiga la codicia
Money is a bad advisormal consejero el dinero
Give me joy and freedomdame alegria y libertad
That's what I want the mostke eso es lo ke yo más quero...