El Agricultor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Los Tucanes de Tijuana

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Yo soy un agricultor

I am a farmer

Y de los buenos, señores

One of the good ones, my friends

He recobrado valor

I’ve regained courage

Gracias a mis invenciones

Thanks to my innovations

Siembro maíz y frijol

I plant corn and beans

Pero ahí les meto goles

But I score some goals there

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Un surco va de maíz

A furrow of maize

Y el otro va de la buena

And the other is good land

La milpa logra cubrir

The cornfield can cover

De toda persona ajena

From any outsider

Son mañas que yo aprendí

These are skills I learned

De tanto sembrar parcelas

From planting plots so often

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Yo soy un agricultor

I am a farmer

Con todo, modernizado

Totally modernized

Hoy siembro con mi tractor

Now I plant with my tractor

Ya no acostumbro el arado

I no longer use the plow

Riego también con reloj

I also irrigate with a timer

Tipo los americanos

Like the Americans do

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La agricultura creció

Agriculture has grown

Hoy con la tecnología

Today with technology

El pueblo vive mejor

People live way better

Porque hay más economía

Because there’s more economy

Todo está bajo control

Everything is under control

Reporta la policía

The police report it

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El hombre trabajador

Hardworking men

Derecho se muere de hambre

Starve if they don’t work

Así me dijo el patrón

That’s what the boss told me

Cuando era yo su ayudante

When I was his helper

Tienes que meterles gol

You gotta score some goals

Para salir adelante

To get ahead

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Ramita internacional

International branch

Eres quien cumple mis sueños

You’re the one fulfilling my dreams

Nunca te voy a dejar

I’ll never leave you

Pues ya me siento tu dueño

Since I already feel you’re mine

Gracias a ti soy el gran

Thanks to you I am the great

Agricultor del milenio

Farmer of the century

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
agricultor /aɣɾikulˈtoɾ/ B1	noun - farmer
valor /βaˈloɾ/ B2	noun - courage, valor
maíz /maˈis/ A2	noun - corn
frijol /fɾiˈxoɫ/ A2	noun - bean
goles /ˈɡol.es/ A2	noun - goals
tractor /tɾakˈtoɾ/ B1	noun - tractor
tecnología /tek.noˈlo.xi.a/ B2	noun - technology
economía /e.ko.noˈmi.a/ B2	noun - economy
control /konˈtɾol/ B2	noun - control, management
trabajador /tɾabaˈxaˈðoɾ/ B1	noun - worker adjective - hardworking

Key Grammar Structures

• Yo soy un agricultor

  ➔ Use of the present tense of 'ser' (to be) to describe identity.

  ➔ The phrase 'Yo soy' indicates identity or profession, with 'soy' being the first person singular present tense of 'ser'.

• He recobrado valor

  ➔ Use of the present perfect tense ('he recobrado') to indicate an action completed recently or relevant now.

  ➔ 'He recobrado' combines the auxiliary 'he' (I have) with past participle 'recobrado' to form the present perfect.

• Y siembro maíz y frijol

  ➔ Use of the present tense of 'sembrar' (to plant) to express habitual actions or general truths.

  ➔ The verb 'siembro' is in the present tense, indicating habitual or ongoing action.

• La agricultura creció

  ➔ Use of the past tense 'creció' of 'crecer' to describe a completed action or change in the past.

  ➔ The verb 'creció' is in the simple past tense to indicate a completed growth or development.

• Hoy siembro con mi tractor

  ➔ Use of the present tense of 'sembrar' combined with 'con' (with) to describe current action and equipment.

  ➔ 'siembro' in present tense indicates current action, 'con mi tractor' specifies the equipment used.

• El hombre trabajador

  ➔ Use of the noun 'hombre' (man) with an adjective 'trabajador' (hardworking) to describe a person.

  ➔ 'hombre' is a noun meaning 'man', and 'trabajador' is an adjective meaning 'hardworking', together describing a person.