En lo puro no hay futuro Lyrics in English Jarabe de Palo
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song En lo puro no hay futuro by Jarabe de Palo from Spanish to English.
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Mi tío era mi primo
My uncle was my cousin
De un amigo de mi abuelo
From a friend of my grandfather
Que era indio americano
That he was american indian
Que se había enamorado
That he had fallen in love
De una tico patuá
From a Tico patuá
Que nació en una goleta
Who was born on a schooner
Abarrotada de esclavos
Crammed with slaves
Que se Jamaica robaron
That was Jamaica stolen
En lo puro no hay futuro
In the pure there is no future
La pureza está en la mezcla
Purity is in the mix
En la mezcla de lo puro
In the mix of the pure
Que antes que puro fue mezcla
That before being pure was a mixture
La madre de mi tío
My uncle's mother
Se casó con un gitano
She married a gypsy
Que tocaba la guitarra
Who played the guitar
Con seis dedos en la mano
With six fingers on my hand
Y acompañaba a un payo
And accompanied a payo
Que cantaba bulerías
Who sang bulerías
Con un negro de Chicago
With a nigga from Chicago
Que decía ser su hermano
Who claimed to be his brother
En lo puro
In the pure
Dicen que mi abuelo
They say that my grandfather
Era un rubio bananero
He was a blond banana
Que a Cuba llegó de España
That Cuba came from Spain
Pa quedarse en La Habana
To stay in Havana
Y que yendo pa Santiago
And that going to Santiago
Conoció a una mulata
Met a mulatto
Mezcla de tabaco y caña
Tobacco and cane mix
Que en francés a él le hablaba
That in French he spoke
Señores, en lo puro no hay futuro
Gentlemen, in the pure there is no future
Señores, la pureza está en la mezcla
Gentlemen purity is in the mix
Señores, en la mezcla de lo puro
Gentlemen, in the mixture of the pure
Señores, que antes que puro fue mezcla
Gentlemen, that before being pure was a mixture
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