Текст и перевод песни Chamaco Ramírez - Así Son Bongó

Así Son Bongó

Por culpa de una perversa fui a prisión
Y me abandonó
No llegó una carta de ella
A mi galera tan sincera
Creyó que tras de la reja moriría y se engañó

Libre soy
Perversas y traicioneras
(Así son, bongó)
Bongó que son de la vieja escuela
(Así son, bongó)

Pero María
Yo te digo que engañan a cualquiera
(Así son, bongó)
Y hasta se matan diciendo que te esperan
(Así son, bongó)

Siempre domingo esperaba
Creyendo que haber me iría
Siempre el domingo esperaba
Creyendo que haber me iría
Y con su ausencia veía que el público terminaba

Que sólo mamá llegaba
A darme con su presencia
La más sagrada experiencia
Que mujer no hay más que una
Es la madre y más ninguna
Perversa tiene conciencia

Me enseñó mi cautiverio
Que la maldita prisión
Me enseñó mi cautiverio
Que la maldita prisión
No tiene comparación
Más que con el cementerio

La amistad es un misterio
Que allí vemos que es mentira
Y las espalda nos vira
A veces hasta un hermano
Y que no hay piadosa mano
Cuando el destino nos tira

Bongó, bongó que te dicen
(Así son, bongó)
Que no se pueden creer en mujeres, te lo digo yo
(Así son, bongó)

Oye bongó mi pana quiere decir bongó
(Así son, bongó)
Pero si son las modernas de ahora tu moro
(Así son, bongó)
De tantas cartas que le escribía con el cartero se fugó
(Así son, bongó)

Pero que escucha lo que te canto, es mi guaguancó
(Así son, bongó)
Eh pero parece que ya mi prieta se cansó
(Así son, bongó)
Si tú las tratas bien, te tratan mal te digo yo
(Así son, bongó)

Por eso es que sólo me encuentro yo
(Así son, bongó)
La mujer del compadre parece que tiene calor
(Así son, bongó)
Bongó, bongó que te dice
(Así son, bongó)

Bongó, bongó que te digo
(Así son, bongó)
Oye mira que así son te lo digo yo
(Así son, bongó)
Me dicen que tu cigarro ya se apagó
(Así son, bongó)

Algo bongó, bongó que te digo
(Así son, bongó)
Ahí es
Se va
Suéltame

That's How Bongos Are

I went to prison because of a wicked woman
And she abandoned me
Not even a letter from her arrived
To my sincere prison cell
She thought I'd die behind bars, but she was wrong

I'm free
Wicked, treacherous women
(That's how they are, bongó)
Bongó that are from the old school
(That's how they are, bongó)

But María
I tell you they'll lie to anyone
(That's how they are, bongó)
And they'll even kill themselves saying they're waiting for you
(That's how they are, bongó)

I always waited every Sunday
Believing you would come and set me free
I always waited every Sunday
Believing you would come and set me free
And in your absence, I saw the audience leave

Only my mother would come
To give me her presence
The most sacred experience
For there is no woman like a mother
And no one else
A wicked woman has no conscience

My captivity taught me
That the cursed prison
My captivity taught me
That the cursed prison
Is beyond compare
Except with a cemetery

Friendship is a mystery
That we see there is a lie
And it's our backs that get turned on us
Sometimes even by a brother
And there's no merciful hand
When destiny knocks us down

Bongó, bongó, they tell you
(That's how they are, bongó)
That you can't trust women, I'm telling you
(That's how they are, bongó)

Listen up bongó, my pana wants to say bongó
(That's how they are, bongó)
But if they're the modern women of today, your Moor
(That's how they are, bongó)
The mailman ran away with all the letters I wrote to her
(That's how they are, bongó)

But listen to what I sing to you, it's my guaguancó
(That's how they are, bongó)
Eh but it seems that my querida is getting tired
(That's how they are, bongó)
If you treat them well, they'll treat you badly, I tell you
(That's how they are, bongó)

That's why I'm all alone
(That's how they are, bongó)
The compadre's woman seems to be feeling hot
(That's how they are, bongó)
Bongó, bongó, they tell you
(That's how they are, bongó)

Bongó, bongó, I tell you
(That's how they are, bongó)
Listen up, that's how they are, I'm telling you
(That's how they are, bongó)
They tell me your cigar has gone out
(That's how they are, bongó)

Something bongó, bongó, I tell you
(That's how they are, bongó)
There it is
It's gone
Let go