Ya parte el galgo terrible
Víctor Jara
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Original | Versione inglese di Aliki Andris-Michalaros
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YA PARTE EL GALGO TERRIBLE | THE FEROCIOUS GREYHOUND ATTACKS |
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Ya parte el galgo terrible | The ferocious greyhound attacks |
a matar niños morenos. | and kills brown babies, |
Ya parte la cabalgata | attacks the cavalcade, |
la jauría se desata | the herd is let loose |
exterminando chilenos | they are exterminating Chileans |
ay qué haremos, ay qué haremos. | ah, what can we do? |
Ya parte la cabalgata | they are attacking the cavalcade, |
ay qué haremos, ay qué haremos. | ah, what can we do? |
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Y con el rifle en la mano | And with gun in hand |
disparan al mexicano | they kill the Mexican |
y matan al panameño | and kill the Panamanian |
en la mitad de su sueño | while they sleep, |
Ya matan a los chilenos | Now they are killing Chileans |
ay qué haremos, ay qué haremos | ah, what shall we do? |
en la mitad de su sueño | while they sleep |
ay qué haremos, ay qué haremos. | ah, what shall we do? |
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Buscan la sangre y el oro | They want blood and gold |
los lobos de San Francisco | those San Francisco wolves; |
golpean las mujeres | they beat the women |
y queman los cobertizos | and burn their huts. |
Ya parte la cabalgata, | thy attack the cavalcade |
ay qué haremos, ay qué haremos | ah, what shall we do |
exterminando chilenos | they are exterminating Chileans |
ay qué haremos, ay qué haremos. | ah, what shall we do? |
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Maldita sea la hora | Cursed be the hour |
y el oro que se deshizo, | and the gold that has disappeared |
y para qué nos vinimos | and because we left |
de nuestro Valparaíso. | our Valparaiso |
Ya matan a los chilenos | They are killing Chileans |
ay qué haremos, ay qué haremos | ah, what shall we do? |
en la mitad de su sueño. | in the middle of their sleep |
ay qué haremos, ay qué haremos. | ah, what shall we do? |
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