No Quiero Ser Militar
No quiero ser militar, madre
No quiero ser militar.
Si debo poner cadenas
Al hombre que pide pan,
Si quieren que sea un juguete
De ambiciosos nada más.
Yo soy un hombre del pueblo
Que vino pa' la ciudad
Y aunque no tengo principios
No me pueden engañar, por eso
No quiero ser militar
Si debo poner cadenas
Al hombre que pide pan.
No quiero ser militar, madre
No quiero ser militar
Si debo servir gobiernos
De ladrones con misal
Que juren una bandera
Y vendan su dignidad
Que juzgue en nombre de dios
Que robe en el nombre de dios
Que anden con santos y misas
Disfrazando su ambición, por eso
No quiero ser militar
Si debo servir gobiernos
De ladrones con misal.
I Don't Want to Be a Soldier
I don't want to be a soldier, mother
I don't want to be a soldier.
If I have to put chains
On the man who asks for bread,
If they want me to be a toy
Of the ambitious ones only.
I am a man of the people
Who came to the city
And although I have no principles
They can't deceive me, that's why
I don't want to be a soldier
If I have to put chains
On the man who asks for bread.
I don't want to be a soldier, mother
I don't want to be a soldier
If I have to serve governments
Of thieves with a missal
Who swear to a flag
And sell their dignity
Who judge in the name of god
Who steal in the name of god
Who walk with saints and masses
Disguising their ambition, that's why
I don't want to be a soldier
If I have to serve governments
Of thieves with a missal.