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El Rey (Ranchera) - by Luis Miguel - Death Defier - 05-21-2010
"El Rey" by José Alfredo Jiménez, English translation of lyrics
"The King"
Composer: José Alfredo Jiménez
Style: Ranchera
Country: Mexico
Yo sé bien que estoy afuera
Pero el día que yo me muera
Sé que tendrás que llorar
(Llorar y llorar, x2)
I am fully aware that I am out
But the day that I die
I know that you will have to cry
(Cry and cry, x2)
Dirás que no me quisiste
Pero vas a estar muy triste
Y así te vas a quedar
You will say that you did not love me
But you will be very sad
And that is how you will stay
Chorus:
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Con dinero y sin dinero
Hago siempre lo que quiero
Y mi palabra es la ley
With money and without money
I always do what I want
And my word is law
No tengo trono ni reina
Ni nadie que me comprenda
Pero sigo siendo el rey
I have no throne nor queen
Nor anyone who understands me
But I continue being king
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Una piedra en el camino
Me enseño que mi destino
Era rodar y rodar
(Rodar y rodar, x2)
A stone on the road
Taught me that my destiny
Was to roll and roll [*rodar = to roll; to roam]
(To roll and roll, x2)
Después me dijo un arriero
Que no hay que llegar primero
Pero hay que saber llegar
Afterwards an arriero told me
That one need not make it first [*llegar = to make it, to arrive]
But one must know how to make it
[Chorus]
El Rey (Ranchera) - by Luis Miguel - Guest - 08-21-2019