Lyrics and translation Beatriz Luengo - Barranquilla

Barranquilla

Ahí está,
Como las aves que cuando vuelan, siempre regresan al nido.
Ahí está,
Como una estrella que alumbra su Colombia querida.
Ella no encontró un futuro mejor,
Desesperada ante las puertas de la miseria,
Viendo acercarse la tragedia de estar sin techo
Y sin cobijo, tembló al mirar la cara de su hijo.
Y aceptó ese trato que no saldría nada barato.
Aunque ser mula del narcotráfico, no era su sueño,
Ella sabía que ante la adversidad,
Los sueños se convierten en la dura realidad.
Tan pura de tomar, como lo que ella misma ha de tragar.
Y mientras el hombre la convencía, le recordaba,
Que mientras más tragaba más dinero hacía
Mientras tragaba, rezaba.
Mientras rezaba, pedía
A este Dios que hoy le cuida,
Si este pecado le perdonaría.
Mientras tragaba, rezaba.
Mientras rezaba, pedía
Por su hijo, si es que algún día,
No lo entendería.
Mientras tragaba, rezaba.
Mientras rezaba, pedía
A este Dios que hoy le cuida,
Si este pecado le perdonaría.
Mientras tragaba, rezaba.
Mientras rezaba, pedía
Y entendía que este era el precio
De las calles de Barranquilla...
No sabe qué le espera, no sabe quién le espera
Detrás de la frontera y sólo espera
Que mientras la cachean,
No sea su cara quien delate la primera prueba.
Cuando sentada pensaba que lo peor había pasado,
Leyendas que le contaron, rondaron por su cabeza.
Y es que ese dolor en su estómago,
Wse sudor que no cesa ya.
Y mientras respiraba pa′ calmar sus nervios,
Preguntaba si el veneno que mató su conciencia,
Hoy robaría su presencia.
Pero ya es tarde, ya es tarde,
Porque esta pasajera no se despierta!
Mientras tragaba, rezaba.
Mientras rezaba, pedía
A este Dios que hoy le cuida,
Si este pecado le perdonaría.
Mientras tragaba, rezaba.
Mientras rezaba, pedía
Por su hijo, si es que algún día,
No lo entendería.
Mientras tragaba, rezaba.
Mientras rezaba, pedía
A este Dios que hoy le cuida,
Si este pecado le perdonaría.
Mientras tragaba, rezaba.
Mientras rezaba, pedía
Y entendía que este era el precio
De las calles de Barranquilla...

Barranquilla

There she is,
Like the birds that when they fly, always return to the nest.
There she is,
Like a star that illuminates her beloved Colombia.
She didn't find a better future,
Desperate at the doors of misery,
Seeing the tragedy of being homeless approaching
And without shelter, she trembled as she looked at her son's face.
And she accepted that deal that wouldn't come cheap.
Although being a drug mule wasn't her dream,
She knew that in the face of adversity,
Dreams turn into harsh reality.
So pure to take, like what she herself has to swallow.
And while the man convinced her, he reminded her,
That the more she swallowed, the more money she made
While she swallowed, she prayed.
While she prayed, she asked
This God who watches over her today,
If he would forgive this sin.
While she swallowed, she prayed.
While she prayed, she asked
For her son, if one day,
He wouldn't understand.
While she swallowed, she prayed.
While she prayed, she asked
This God who watches over her today,
If he would forgive this sin.
While she swallowed, she prayed.
While she prayed, she asked
And understood that this was the price
Of the streets of Barranquilla...
She doesn't know what awaits her, she doesn't know who awaits her
Behind the border and only hopes
That while they search her,
It won't be her face that gives away the first clue.
When she sat there thinking the worst was over,
Legends that she was told, haunted her head.
And that pain in her stomach,
That sweat that doesn't stop anymore.
And as she breathed to calm her nerves,
She wondered if the poison that killed her conscience,
Would steal her presence today.
But it's too late, it's too late,
Because this passenger doesn't wake up!
While she swallowed, she prayed.
While she prayed, she asked
This God who watches over her today,
If he would forgive this sin.
While she swallowed, she prayed.
While she prayed, she asked
For her son, if one day,
He wouldn't understand.
While she swallowed, she prayed.
While she prayed, she asked
This God who watches over her today,
If he would forgive this sin.
While she swallowed, she prayed.
While she prayed, she asked
And understood that this was the price
Of the streets of Barranquilla...