Chacarera Del Provinciano

Countryman's Chacarera

Chacarera Del Provinciano

Like every countrymanComo todo provinciano
A train took him away from his homelandUn tren lo alejó del pago
Looking for better timesBuscando mejores tiempos
Looking for bread and workBuscando pan y trabajo

In his town he couldn't findEn su pueblo no encontraba
A reason to stayRazón de seguir estando
Because the children he was raisingPorque no tenían futuro
Had no futureLos hijos que estaba criando

He brought what he hadSe trajo lo que tenía
Little education, almost nothingPoco estudio, casi nada
He worked whatever he couldTrabajó de lo que pudo
Occasionally he got paidDe vez en cuando cobraba

Today he lives in a little houseHoy vive en una casita
Still unfinishedSin terminar todavía
Yesterday he woke up happyAyer despertó contento
Dreamed of returning to his homelandSoñó que al pago volvía

His children always hadSiempre tuvieron sus hijos
Bread on the tableEl pan encima de la mesa
From fighting life so muchDe tanto pelear la vida
His skin became oldLa piel se lo volvió vieja

He spent so many yearsAnduvo por tantos años
Chasing after luckCorriendo tras de la suerte
He says that hopeEl dice que la esperanza
Is what makes you strongerEs lo que te hace más fuerte

If sometimes he drinks and getsSi a veces toma y se pone
Sad unintentionally one dayTriste sin querer un día
It's because he's running outEs que se la va acabando
Of the cigarette of lifeEl cigarro de la vida

Today he lives in a little houseHoy vive en una casita
Still unfinishedSin terminar todavía
Yesterday he woke up happyAyer despertó contento
Dreamed of returning to his homelandSoñó que al pago volvía