Lyrics and translation Carlos Gardel - La China Fiera Duo Gardel-Razzano

La China Fiera Duo Gardel-Razzano

Dicen que mi china es fiera
Y se parece al carpincho
Que su voz es un relincho
Y su boca una tranquera
Y su boca una tranquera

Que es una prenda cualquiera
Del mismo valor que el cero
Que tiene al andar zaguero igual al de mi potranca

Que es bizca y media manca
Yo, sin embargo, la quiero

Que sus ojos son candiles
Ingrata, cuasi apaga'os
Y andan como deserta'os
Su pareja de cuadriles
Su pareja de cuadriles

Y que lo tocante a ardiles más espuma da el puchero
Que tiene mancha'o el cuero
Que es guasota y nariguda

Chueca, bajita y tan panzuda
Yo, sin embargo, la quiero

Que una vieja chancleta
Haragana y comadrona
Cachasienta y pesadona
Lo mesmo que la carreta
Lo mesmo que la carreta

Que es una troya su jeta y su cabeza un caldero
Que es un loro barranquero
Que más agria que el vinagre

Que tiene cara de bagre
Yo, sin embargo, la quiero

Dicen que por lo arrastrada
Se parece a la culebra
Y que de gusto se quiebra
Lo mesmo que marejada
Lo mesmo que marejada

Que es una china emperrada, que es más chillona que el tero
Que sopla como el pampero
Y no bien, la rienda le aflojo

Que sepa que soy canejo
Yo, sin embargo, la quiero

The Wild Chicana Duo Gardel-Razzano

They say my girl's a wild one
And she looks like a capybara
That her voice is a neigh
And her mouth is a cattle guard
And her mouth is a cattle guard

That she's worthless
Not worth a dime
That she walks like a mule just like my filly

That she's one-eyed and half-crippled
But I love her anyway

That her eyes are dim
Ingrate, almost out
And they wander like deserters
Her pair of hips
Her pair of hips

And that when it comes to tricks, she's all foam
That her hide is stained
That she's gross and snub-nosed

Crooked, short and so potbellied
But I love her anyway

That she's like an old sandal
Lazy and a gossip
Heavy and slow
Just like a wagon
Just like a wagon

That her face is a mess and her head is a cauldron
That she's a squawking parrot
That she's more sour than vinegar

That she's got a catfish face
But I love her anyway

They say that because she's so down-to-earth
She looks like a snake
And that she breaks in two with pleasure
Just like a tidal wave
Just like a tidal wave

That she's a stubborn girl, that she's more screechy than a tern
That she blows like the pampero
And as soon as I loosen the reins

That she should know I'm a rabbit
But I love her anyway