Atahualpa Yupanqui — El Pintor song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "El Pintor" by Atahualpa Yupanqui.
Lyrics
Creyendo hacer cosa buena
Un pintor me pinto un día
Mas me pinto por afuera
Porque adentro no veía
¿Cuando vendrá ese pintor
Que pinte lo que yo siento?
Ganas de vivir la vida
Sin angustias ni tormentos…
Es mal pintor el pintor
Que me ha pintado ese día
Cantando coplas serranas
Con la barriga vacía
Es mal pintor el pintor
Y en esto no hay duda alguna
Pues solo pintó mi poncho
Y se olvidó de mi hambruna
¿Cuando vendrá ese pintor
Que pinte lo que yo siento?
Ganas de vivir la vida
Sin pesares ni tormentos
Creyendo hacer cosa buena…
Lyrics translation
Believing to do good thing
A painter painted me one day
But I paint on the outside
Because I couldn't see inside
When will that Painter come
Paint what I feel?
Wanting to live life
Without anguish or torment…
It's bad painter the painter
Who painted me that day
Singing mountain songs
With an empty stomach
It's bad painter the painter
And in this there is no doubt
Well, he just painted my poncho.
And forgot my famine
When will that Painter come
Paint what I feel?
Wanting to live life
Without grief or torment
Believing to do good thing…