Текст и перевод песни Pedro Infante - Canto del bracero

Canto del bracero

Cuando yo me fui pa′l norte
Me colé por California
Yo no tenía cartilla ni pasaporte
Ni amigos ni palancas en migración
Pero me colé con resolución
Recorrí varios estados
De la Unión Americana
En Arizona y Texas y por Louisiana
Siempre sentí la falta de estimación
Que's que dicen que′s descreminación
Ay, qué triste es la vida
Qué triste vida es la del bracero
Ay, cuánta decepción
Cuánta desolación
Lejos de nuestros padres
Y de la novia y del compañero
Dan ganas de llorar
Con sólo recordar
Al pasar por Minnesota
Y por Cleveland, Ohio
Cuánto le suspiré al rancho del Pitayo
Rancho que abandoné por aventurar
Y al pensar en él, quise regresar
Si tú piensas ir, detente
O si estás allá, regresa
Donde está tu terruño y está tu gente
Y el rinconcito aquel que te vio nacer
Donde está el amor que puedes perder
Olerilei-i...

Song of the Bracero

When I went north,
I crossed into California,
I didn't have a card or a passport,
No friends or connections in immigration.
But I crossed with determination.
I traveled through several states
Of the American Union,
In Arizona and Texas and through Louisiana,
I always felt a lack of respect.
That's what they call discrimination.
Oh, how sad life is,
How sad is the life of a bracero.
Oh, how much disappointment,
How much desolation,
Far from our parents,
And from our girlfriends and companions.
It makes me want to cry,
Just to remember.
Passing through Minnesota
And through Cleveland, Ohio,
How I sighed for the rancho del Pitayo,
Rancho that I left behind to seek adventure.
And when I think about it, I want to go back.
If you're thinking of going, stop,
Or if you're already there, come back,
Where your homeland is and your people are,
And the little corner that saw you born,
Where the love you could lose is.
Olerilei-i...