Tranquilo Majete – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Celtas Cortos

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Si en la tierra de los croatas

If in the land of the Croats

A hostia limpia está el mogollón

A clean host is the crowd

Si en Somalia mueren como ratas

If in Somalia they die like rats

Como ves en televisión

As you see on television

Si en España el aumento del paro

If in Spain the unemployment rise

Ya va por el tercer millón

Is already at the third million

Y si el campo se va a la mierda

And if the countryside is going to hell

Y el poder huele a corrupción

And the power smells of corruption

Tranquilo! no te pongas nervioso, tranquilo

Calm down! Don't get nervous, calm down

Tranquilo majete en tu sillón

Calm down, mate, in your armchair

Tranquilo majete en tu sillón

Calm down, mate, in your armchair

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Si hoy el SIDA es un primo-hermano

If today AIDS is a cousin-brother

Que hace muy lujoso el amor

That makes love very luxurious

Si la mili acaba con todos

If the military service ends everyone

Y es delito la insumisión

And insubordination is a crime

Si en Latinoamérica matan

If in Latin America they kill

A los indios sin compasión

Indians without compassion

Si Amazonas estira la pata

If the Amazon kicks the bucket

Y si aumenta la polución

And if pollution increases

Tranquilo! no te pongas nervioso, tranquilo

Calm down! Don't get nervous, calm down

Tranquilo majete en tu sillón

Calm down, mate, in your armchair

Tranquilo majete en tu sillón

Calm down, mate, in your armchair

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...

Si estudiar vale para poco

If studying is worth little

Al buscar tu colocación

When looking for your job placement

Si los bares los cierran pronto

If the bars close early

Porque hay que ser euro P-2

Because you have to be euro P-2

Si para alquilar una casa

If to rent a house

Tienes que empeñar un riñón

You have to pawn a kidney

Si no hay parques ni carril bici

If there are no parks or bike lanes

Y solo hay contaminación

And there's only pollution

Tranquilo! no te pongas nervioso, tranquilo

Calm down! Don't get nervous, calm down

Tranquilo majete en tu sillón

Calm down, mate, in your armchair

Tranquilo majete en tu sillón

Calm down, mate, in your armchair

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tierra /ˈtjera/ B1	noun - earth, land
muerte /ˈmwehrte/ B2	noun - death
televisión /teleβiˈsjon/ B1	noun - television
paro /ˈpaɾo/ A2	noun - unemployment
campo /ˈkampo/ B1	noun - field, countryside
poder /poˈðeɾ/ B2	noun - power, ability verb - to be able to
corrupción /koruβˈsjon/ C1	noun - corruption
sillón /siˈʎon/ B2	noun - armchair
examen /eksamen/ B1	noun - exam, test
valor /baˈloɾ/ B2	noun - worth, value
casa /ˈkasa/ A1	noun - house
alquiler /alˈkiɾ/ B2	noun - rent, leasing
riñón /riˈɲon/ C2	noun - kidney
contaminación /kontamiˈnaˈsjon/ B2	noun - pollution

Key Grammar Structures

• A hostia limpia está el mogollón

  ➔ The present indicative of "estar" used for describing current state or condition

  ➔ Uses "está" (from "estar") to indicate the current state of "el mogollón"

• Si en la tierra de los croatas

  ➔ Prepositional phrase "en" indicating location or context

  ➔ Uses "en" to specify the location "la tierra de los croatas"

• Si en Somalia mueren como ratas

  ➔ Use of "mueren" from "morir" in the present indicative to express ongoing or habitual actions

  ➔ Uses "mueren" to describe the habitual or ongoing death events in Somalia

• Si en España el aumento del paro

  ➔ Prepositional phrase "en" indicating location, with "el aumento" as noun phrase

  ➔ Uses "en" to specify the location "España" with the noun phrase "el aumento del paro"

• Y si el campo se va a la mierda

  ➔ The reflexive verb "se va" from "ir" indicating the subject's action of leaving or going

  ➔ Uses "se va" to express the action of the land "going to hell" metaphorically

• Tranquilo! no te pongas nervioso, tranquilo

  ➔ Imperative form "ponte" from "ponerse" with object pronoun "te"

  ➔ Uses the imperative "ponte" to tell someone to calm down or relax

• Tranquilo majete en tu sillón

  ➔ Use of the noun "sillón" with the preposition "en" to specify location

  ➔ Uses "en tu sillón" to specify where the person should relax—in their armchair