Paroles et traduction Silvio Rodríguez - El bongoserp mentiroso

El bongoserp mentiroso

Oye, chiquillo, mis respetos
Esto es para tu amigo
El mentiroso

Al bongosero del conjunto ahora le ha dado
Por hacer el cuento de todo lo que comió
Llega con aire de marqués acomodado
Y mira a la gente llena de satisfacción
Habla de platos que no están en el mercado
Y cuyos nombres los inventó

Le preguntamos a Nix a ver si sabía que cosa quería decir
Yaderlu de rosas con melocotón, que bárbaro
Y complaciente y al mismo tiempo con buen carácter nos respondió
Todo eso es mentira de quien lo inventó

Ja-ja, ya a mí me lo habían dicho
Tremendo mentiroso

(Mentira, no comiste na'
Mentira, está bueno ya)

Haciendo cuento del Polinesio
Del Monseñor y la Bodeguita
Pápa, no seas mentiroso
Tú estás a base de croqueticas

(Mentira, no comiste na'
Mentira, está bueno ya)

Hace algún tiempo me está diciendo
Que un día me va a invitar a almorzar
Pero me estoy presintiendo
Que yo voy a tener que pagar

(Mentira, no comiste na'
Mentira, está bueno ya)

(Mentira
Mentiroso
Mentira)
Que tú no comiste na' (mentiroso)
Oye mira está bueno ya (mentira)
Saca la mano del bolsillo (mentiroso)
Que tú no tienen ni un kilo (mentira)
(Mentiroso)

Ven acá Alberto
¿Por qué este número del bongosero mentiroso?
Oiga compadre, todos los bongoseros que yo conozco dicen mentiras
Mira allá, pan con queso, pan con queso allá en Venezuela
Roberto Rueda en Puerto Rico
Y aquí, Chicuelo de Roberto Fa
Bayallo en Camagüey y Giselle
Que se pasa la vida entera, que pasa en trobaco
Que va al Polonesio, que conoce a Alexander
Mentira

(Metiendo cuentos
Haciendo alardes
Y todos saben que en el bolsillo está bien cobarde)

(Mentiroso, mentiroso
Tú no comiste nada, mentiroso
Mentiroso, mentiroso
Tú no comiste nada, mentiroso)

(Que tú no fuiste a La Bodegüita
Ni al Gato Tuerto ni al Monseñor
Ni al Polonesio o al Florilita
Que no, que no)

(Mentiroso, mentiroso
Tú no comiste nada, mentiroso
Mentiroso, mentiroso
Tú no comiste nada, mentiroso)

Tú no comiste na'(mentira)
Oye esta bueno ya (mentiroso)
Mira que Alexander te va a matar (mentira)
Que tú te vas sin querer pagar (mentiroso)

(Mentira
Mentiroso
Mentira
Mentiroso
Mentira
Mentiroso
Mentira)
Oye (mentiroso)
Y no paga

Y basta ya de inventar (mentira)
Que yo te vi en la terraza (mentiroso)
Cuando tú llegue' a tu casa (mentira)
Tu negra te va a matar (mentiroso)
Oye esta bueno ya (mentira)
Tú no comiste na' (mentiroso)

The Lying Bongosero

Hey, young man, my respects
This is for your friend
The liar

The bongosero of the band has now taken to
Telling tales of all he's eaten
He arrives with the air of a wealthy marquis
And looks at the people with satisfaction
He speaks of dishes that aren't on the market
And whose names he invented

We asked Nix to see if she knew what he meant
Yaderlu of roses with peach, how barbaric
And obligingly and at the same time with good humor she replied
All that is a lie from whoever invented it

Ha-ha, they already told me
Tremendous liar

(Lie, you didn't eat anything'
Lie, that's enough already)

Telling stories of the Polynesian
Of the Monsignor and the Bodeguita
Daddy, don't be a liar
You're living off croquettes

(Lie, you didn't eat anything'
Lie, that's enough already)

He's been telling me for some time
That one day he's going to invite me to lunch
But I'm getting the feeling
That I'm going to have to pay

(Lie, you didn't eat anything'
Lie, that's enough already)

(Lie
Liar
Lie)
That you didn't eat anything (liar)
Hey look, that's enough already (lie)
Take your hand out of your pocket (liar)
You don't even have a kilo (lie)
(Liar)

Come here Alberto
Why this number about the lying bongosero?
Listen, compadre, all the bongoseros I know tell lies
Look over there, bread with cheese, bread with cheese over there in Venezuela
Roberto Rueda in Puerto Rico
And here, Chicuelo from Roberto Fa
Bayallo in Camagüey and Giselle
Who spends her whole life, who spends it in trobaco
Who goes to the Polynesian, who knows Alexander
Lie

(Telling stories
Making boasts
And everyone knows that in his pocket he's quite cowardly)

(Liar, liar
You didn't eat anything, liar
Liar, liar
You didn't eat anything, liar)

(That you didn't go to La Bodeguita
Nor to the Gato Tuerto nor to the Monsignor
Nor to the Polynesian or the Florilita
That no, that no)

(Liar, liar
You didn't eat anything, liar
Liar, liar
You didn't eat anything, liar)

You didn't eat anything (lie)
Hey, that's enough already (liar)
Look, Alexander is going to kill you (lie)
That you're going to leave without wanting to pay (liar)

(Lie
Liar
Lie
Liar
Lie
Liar
Lie)
Hey (liar)
And he doesn't pay

And enough already with the inventions (lie)
That I saw you on the terrace (liar)
When you get home (lie)
Your black woman is going to kill you (liar)
Hey, that's enough already (lie)
You didn't eat anything (liar)