Paroles et traduction Don Cheto - El Tatuado

El Tatuado

¡Ay! ¡No puede ser!
¡Lo veo y no lo creo!

Después de cinco años lo teníamos de regreso
M'hijo el mayor, que en el norte anduvo preso
Fuimos al aeropuerto a recoger al hijo ausente
Y que por culpa de las juntas andaba de delincuente

Teníamos la fiestecita allá en la casa preparada
Pa' que cuando llegara se diera una atarragada
Por que andábamos gustosos, no lo podíamos creer

Que m'hijo después de tanto estaba a punto de volver
Más cuando vi a mi muchacho, que se bajo del avión
Ya no lo reconocía todo guangocho y pelón
Pero lo peor jue en la casa, cuando lo mire encuerao
Ahi si me dio el ojillo al verlo todo tatuao

¿Por qué te tatuatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te pintatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te rayatis?
Pus nomás
Ya te desgraciatis, you stupid fat ass

¿Por qué te tatuatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te pintatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te rayatis?
Pus nomás
Ya te desgraciatis, you stupid fat ass

En la parte de la nuca una "L" y una "A"
Y abajo en el pescuezo el nombre de su mamá
Tenia una cruz pintada en uno de sus brazos
Con el nombre de un amigo al que mataron a balazos

Luego trae otro tatuaje que son dos caras pintadas
Una de ellas esta llorando y la otra puras carcajadas
En el otro brazo trae a color una bandera
Y una vieja con sombrero charro y las chichis de fuera

Anda todo bien pintao desde el codo a la muñeca
Trae un carro, una muerte y un calendario azteca
En el pecho trae Westside que creo que ese es un barrio
Y también dos manos juntas que sostiene un rosario

Unas letras chinas tiene y la cabeza de un dragón
Unos da'os y entre lumbre al sagrao corazón
En la panza trae escrita la palabra bato loco
En la espalda mi apellido y una lagrima en el ojo

¿Por qué te tatuatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te pintatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te rayatis?
Pus nomás
Ya te desgraciatis, you stupid fat ass

¿Por qué te tatuatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te pintatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te rayatis?
Pus nomás
Ya te desgraciastis, you stupid fat ass

¡Ay, ay, ay!
Por eso es que a uno le dan las enfermedades
Por esos sustos
Esas penas que le hacen pasar a uno
Miren mi muchacho me llego más rayao
Que una pared ahí del este los Angeles
Y es que tengo miedo que con esas garras y con tanto tatuaje
Me lo vaya a confundir algún policía con un, con un cholo

Le dije: ¿Por qué se pinta?
Y no contesto nada
Me dan ganas de bañarlo con pura agua oxigenada
Voy a remojarlo en cloro y a tallarlo con jabón
Miren nomás cuanta letra, ya parece pizarrón
Ahi lo traen de boca en boca esa gente mitotera
Que anda mas rayao que un baño de la central camionera

No hagas eso con tu cuerpo, haber dime: ¿Tu que le hayas?
Tu crees que te vez muy bien andando lleno de rayas
Por más que quiero muchacho, yo no te puedo entender
Se me hace que te tatuastis hasta allá en el over there

¿Por qué te tatuatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te pintatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te rayatis?
Pus nomás
Ya te desgraciatis, you stupid fat ass

¿Por qué te tatuatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te pintatis?
Pus nomás
¿Por qué te rayatis?
Pus nomás
Ya te desgraciatis, you stupid fat ass

The Tattooed Man

Oh! It can't be!
I can't believe my eyes!

After five years, we had him back
My oldest son, who was locked up in the North
We went to the airport to pick up the absent son
Who, because of bad company, was a delinquent

We had the little party prepared there at the house
So that when he arrived, he could have a grand time
Because we were so happy, we couldn't believe it

That my son after so long was about to return
But when I saw my boy get off the plane
I didn't recognize him anymore, all skinny and bald
But the worst was at home, when I saw him undressed
That's when it hit me, seeing him all tattooed up

Why did you get tattoos?
Just because
Why did you get painted?
Just because
Why did you get scratched up?
Just because
You ruined yourself, you stupid fat ass

Why did you get tattoos?
Just because
Why did you get painted?
Just because
Why did you get scratched up?
Just because
You ruined yourself, you stupid fat ass

On the back of his neck, an "L" and an "A"
And below on his neck, his mother's name
He had a cross painted on one of his arms
With the name of a friend who was shot to death

Then he has another tattoo that's two painted faces
One of them is crying, and the other is pure laughter
On the other arm, he has a flag in color
And a woman with a sombrero and her boobs hanging out

He's all painted up from his elbow to his wrist
He has a car, a Grim Reaper, and an Aztec calendar
On his chest he has Westside, which I think is a neighborhood
And also two hands clasped together holding a rosary

He has some Chinese letters and the head of a dragon
Some dice and, amidst flames, the Sacred Heart
On his belly it's written, "Crazy Dude"
On his back, my last name and a tear in his eye

Why did you get tattoos?
Just because
Why did you get painted?
Just because
Why did you get scratched up?
Just because
You ruined yourself, you stupid fat ass

Why did you get tattoos?
Just because
Why did you get painted?
Just because
Why did you get scratched up?
Just because
You ruined yourself, you stupid fat ass

Oh, oh, oh!
That's why you get sick
Because of these frights
These pains that they make you go through
Look, my boy came back more scribbled on
Than a wall over there in East Los Angeles
And I'm scared that with those claws and so many tattoos
Some policeman is going to mistake him for a, for a cholo

I said to him, "Why did you get painted?"
And he didn't answer anything
I feel like bathing him with pure hydrogen peroxide
I'm going to soak him in bleach and scrub him with soap
Look at all these letters, he looks like a blackboard
Those gossipy people have him on everyone's lips
That he's more scribbled on than a bathroom at the bus station

Don't do that to your body, tell me: What do you think?
Do you think you look good walking around covered in lines?
As much as I try, son, I can't understand you
It seems to me like you got tattoos even over there in the over there

Why did you get tattoos?
Just because
Why did you get painted?
Just because
Why did you get scratched up?
Just because
You ruined yourself, you stupid fat ass

Why did you get tattoos?
Just because
Why did you get painted?
Just because
Why did you get scratched up?
Just because
You ruined yourself, you stupid fat ass