Pedro Infante — Canto del Bracero song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Canto del Bracero" by Pedro Infante.
Lyrics
Cuando yo me fui pa’l Norte
Me colé por California
Yo no tenía cartilla
Ni pasaporte, ni amigos
Ni palancas en migración
Pero me colé con resolución
Recorrí varios estados de la
Unión Americana
En Arizona y Texas y por Louisiana
Siempre sentí la falta de
Estimación
Es que dicen que es discriminación
Ay que triste es la vida
Que triste vida es la del bracero
Ay cuanta decepción, cuanta desolación
Lejos de nuestros padres
Y de la novia y del compañero
Dan ganas de llorar, con solo recordar
Al pasar por Minnesota, y por
Cleveland, Ohio
Cuanto le suspiré al Rancho del Pitayo
Rancho que abandoné por aventurar
Y al pensar en él, quise regresar
Si tu piensas ir, detente
O si estas allá regresa
Donde está tu terruño y
Está tu gente
Y el rinconcito aquel que te vió nacer
Donde está el amor que puedes perder
Lyrics translation
When I left Pa'l North
I snuck into California.
I didn't have a book.
No passport, no friends
No levers in migration
But I snuck in resolutely
I went through several states of the
American Union
In Arizona and Texas and through Louisiana
I always missed
Estimate
It's just that they say it's discrimination
How sad is life
What a sad life is the bracero's life
Woe to such disappointment, such desolation
Away from our parents
And the girlfriend and the partner
They make you want to cry, just to remember
By passing through Minnesota, and by
Cleveland, Ohio
How I sighed at Rancho Del Pitayo
Ranch I abandoned for adventure
And when I thought of him, I wanted to go back
If you're going, stop.
Or if you're there come back
Where Is Your Land and
There's your people
And the little corner the one who saw you born
Where's the love you can lose