Lyrics and translation Atahualpa Yupanqui - El pintor (Remastered)

El pintor (Remastered)

Creyendo hacer cosa buena
Un pintor me pintó un día
Mas me pintó por afuera
Porque adentro no veía

Creyendo hacer cosa buena
Un pintor me pintó un día
Mas me pintó por afuera
Porque adentro no veía

¿Cuándo vendrá ese pintor
Que pinte lo que yo siento?
Ganas de vivir la vida
Sin pesares ni tormentos

Salió un humito muy lindo
De mi rancho de totora
Pero mi sopa es escasa
Porque son pobres mis horas

Salió un humito muy lindo
De mi rancho de totora
Pero mi sopa es escasa
Porque son pobres mis horas

¿Cuándo vendrá ese pintor
Que pinte lo que yo siento?
Ganas de vivir la vida
Sin pesares ni tormentos

Es mal pintor el pintor
Que me ha pintao aquel 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

¿Cuándo vendrá ese pintor
Que pinte lo que yo siento?
Ganas de vivir la vida
Sin pesares ni tormentos

The Painter (Remastered)

Thinking he was doing good,
A painter painted me one day.
But he painted my outside,
Because he couldn't see within.

Thinking he was doing good,
A painter painted me one day.
But he painted my outside,
Because he couldn't see within.

When will that painter come,
The one who paints what I feel?
A desire to live life,
Without sorrows or torments.

A pretty little smoke arose
From my reed hut by the river,
But my soup is meager,
Because my hours are poor.

A pretty little smoke arose
From my reed hut by the river,
But my soup is meager,
Because my hours are poor.

When will that painter come,
The one who paints what I feel?
A desire to live life,
Without sorrows or torments.

He's a bad painter, the painter
Who painted me that day,
Singing mountain songs,
With an empty belly.

He's a bad painter, the painter
And there's no doubt about it,
He only painted my poncho,
And forgot about my hunger.

When will that painter come,
The one who paints what I feel?
A desire to live life,
Without sorrows or torments.