El Preso – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Fruko y Sus Tesos

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Oye!

Hey!

Te hablo desde la presion!

I'm talking to you from prison!

Wilson manyoma

Wilson Manyoma

Borgona

Borgona

Y dice!!

And he says!!

En el mundo en el que yo vivo

In the world in which I live

siempre hay cuatro esquinas

there are always four corners

pero entre esquina y esquina

but between corner and corner

siempre habra lo mismo

there will always be the same

para mi no existe el cielo

for me, heaven doesn't exist

ni luna ni estrellas

nor moon nor stars

para mi no alumbra el sol

for me, the sun doesn't shine

ay ay ay ay que negro es mi destino

ay ay ay ay how dark is my destiny

ay ay ay ay todos de mi se alejan

ay ay ay ay everyone moves away from me

ay ay ay ay perdi toda esperanza

ay ay ay ay I lost all hope

ay ay ay ay todos adios

ay ay ay ay everyone goodbye

todos llenan mis penas

everyone fills my sorrows

te hablo desde la aqui

I'm talking to you from here

infante

Infante

lleva ya!

Take it now!

Condenado para siempre

Sentenced forever

en esta horrible celda

in this horrible cell

donde no llega el cariño

where affection doesn't arrive

ni la voz de nadie

nor anyone's voice

aqui me paso los dias

here I spend the days

y la noche entera

and the whole night

solo vivo del recuerdo

I only live on the eternal

eterno de mi madre

memory of my mother

ay ay ay solo espero que llegue

ay ay ay I only hope that the day arrives

ay ay ay el dia que la muerte

ay ay ay that death

ay ay ay me llegue a estar con ella

ay ay ay comes to be with her

ay al fin cambiara mi suerte

ay finally my luck will change

el testamento loco villanueva!

the crazy Villanueva testament!

como?!

What?!

y vuelve otra vez!

and it comes back again!

ay que solo estoy

ay how alone I am

solo me espera la muerte

only death awaits me

ay que solo estoy

ay how alone I am

cuando cambiara mi suerte?

when will my luck change?

ooh que triste soledad

ooh what sad solitude

vivir en esta condena

to live in this sentence

te lo dugo matanera eh

I tell you, Matanera, eh

ay que solo estoy

ay how alone I am

solo me espera la muerte

only death awaits me

ay que solo estoy

ay how alone I am

cuando cambiara mi suerte?

when will my luck change?

compañeros de prision

fellow prisoners

gente de todas las clases

people of all kinds

que no tienen corazon

who have no heart

y nos aben lo que hacen

and don't know what they're doing

solo con mis penas

alone with my sorrows

solo y en mi condena(2V)

alone and in my sentence (2V)

solo voy con mis penas en esta celda

alone I go with my sorrows in this cell

30 años de condena ay!!

30 years of sentence, ay!!

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
presión /preˈsjon/ B1	noun - pressure, stress
mundo /ˈmundo/ A2	noun - world
cielo /ˈsje.lo/ A2	noun - sky
estrellas /esˈtɾe.ʝas/ B1	noun - stars
sol /sol/ A2	noun - sun
destino /desˈti.no/ B2	noun - destiny, fate
esperanza /es.peˈɾan.θa/ B1	noun - hope
suerte /ˈsweɾ.te/ B2	noun - luck, fortune
muerte /ˈmweɾ.te/ A2	noun - death
pena /ˈpe.na/ A2	noun - sorrow, pain
noche /ˈno.tʃe/ A2	noun - night
recuerdo /reˈkweɾ.ðo/ B1	noun - memory
madre /ˈma.ðɾe/ A2	noun - mother
cambio /ˈkam.bjo/ B1	noun - change

Key Grammar Structures

• En el mundo en el que yo vivo

  ➔ Relative clause

  ➔ The phrase "en el que yo vivo" describes the world, providing additional information about it.

• para mi no existe el cielo

  ➔ Negation

  ➔ The phrase "no existe" indicates that something does not exist, expressing a strong personal belief.

• ay ay ay ay que negro es mi destino

  ➔ Exclamatory sentence

  ➔ The phrase expresses strong emotion about the speaker's fate, using exclamatory form.

• donde no llega el cariño

  ➔ Adverbial clause of place

  ➔ The phrase "donde no llega" specifies a location where affection does not reach.

• solo vivo del recuerdo eterno de mi madre

  ➔ Present tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense "vivo" to express a current state of living.

• cuando cambiara mi suerte?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence

  ➔ The phrase is a question asking about the change in the speaker's luck.

• compañeros de prision

  ➔ Noun phrase

  ➔ The phrase "compañeros de prision" refers to fellow prisoners, functioning as a noun phrase.