De camino a la vereda [English translation]

Listen, friend! Don't leave your way to take a stretch path1

Since you're so in love

So old and with so little shine

Since you're so in love

So old and with so little shine

The chicken you have beside you

Made you lose your way

Listen, friend! Don't leave your way to take a road

Oh, but since I'm so simple

I make this song clear

Since I'm so simple

I make this song clear

Friend, I don't leave my natural path2

To walk through a cattle road

Listen, friend! Don't leave your way to take a road

Oh, but we were just talking about

Why he3 left Andrea

We were just talking about

Why he left Andrea

Friend, you're leaving

A way for a stretch path

Listen, friend! Don't leave your way to take a road

But hear me, my friend, you've left

poor Geraldina to be with Dorotea.

Don't talk about your husband, woman.

Woman of bad feelings.

All you say has turned into a story

Because the fatal hour has not arrived yet.

Listen, friend! Don't leave your way to take a road

Oh, oh, oh, oh, sing and don't cry, Eliades4

Because when they sing, my dear,

Hearts cheer up.

Don't talk about your husband, woman.

Woman of bad feelings.

All you say has turned into a story

Because the fatal hour has not arrived yet.

Oh, run away, run away, run away from the overseer!5

But this man is in the way

He doesn't let me pass

To the man... man... mancunchévere6

Walks kinda cool, he killed his

mother, mom

1. Maybe 'shortcut', but it's not explicit2. It's literally a path made by the passing of people (footsteps, or maybe wheels)3. It could also be a formal you (why you left Andrea), but I find "he" more likely.4. This is a reference to these lyrics of a very famous Mexican song. Eliades is a member of Buena Vista Social Club5. Or the tithe/rent collector, or a head shepherd6. I haven't found a meaning for this. Not even one example of usage

• Artist:Buena Vista Social Club