Clandestino

Manu Chao

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CLANDESTINO	Clandestine

Solo voy con mi pena,	Here I come with my sorrow,
Sola va mi condena,	With my lasting damnation,
Correr es mi destino	I always have to run away
Para burlar la ley.	To escape the law.

Perdido en el corazón	Lost down in the black heart
De la grande Babylón,	Of unending Babylon,
Me dicen el clandestino	I'm called a clandestine,
Por no llevar papel.	A paperless immigrant.

Pa' una ciudad del norte	Up to a city in the North
Yo me fui a trabajar,	I came to beg for a job,
Mi vida la dejé	I left my life behind me
Entre Ceuta y Gibraltar	Between Ceuta and Gibraltar.

Soy una raya en el mar,	I'm a shipwake in the sea,
Fantasma en la ciudad,	A ghost roving in the towns,
Mi vida va prohibida,	My life gets forbidden
Dice la autoridad.	By the governments.

Solo voy con mi pena,	Here I come with my sorrow,
Sola va mi condena,	With my lasting damnation,
Correr es mi destino	I always have to run away
Por no llevar papel.	To escape the law.

Perdido en el corazón	Lost down in the black heart
De la grande Babylón,	Of unending Babylon,
Me dicen el clandestino,	I'm called a clandestine,
Yo soy el quiebra ley.	One who breaks the law.

Mano Negra, ¡clandestina!	Mano Negra, clandestine!
Peruano, ¡clandestino!	Peruvian, clandestine!
Africano, ¡clandestino!	African, clandestine!
Marijuana, ¡ilegal!	Marihuana, illegal!
Solo voy con mi pena,	Here I come with my sorrow,
Sola va mi condena,	With my lasting damnation,
Correr es mi destino	I always have to run away
Para burlar la ley.	To escape the law.

Perdido en el corazón	Lost down in the black heart
De la grande Babylón,	Of unending Babylon,
Me dicen el clandestino	I'm called a clandestine,
Por no llevar papel.	A paperless immigrant.

Argelino ¡clandestino!	Algerian, clandestine!
Nigeriano, ¡clandestino!	Nigerian, clandestine!
Boliviano, ¡clandestino!	Bolivian, clandestine!
Mano Negra, ¡ilegal!	Mano Negra, Illegal!

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