Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mesías by Ricardo Arjona from Spanish to English.
Ha nacido el mesías en nueva york
The Messiah has been born in New York
Anda en auto blindado por precaución
He rides in a bulletproof car as a precaution
El papa le teme a algún despido en masa
The Pope fears some mass layoffs
Viene rasurado y de christian dior
He comes clean-shaven and wearing Christian Dior
Para estar a la altura de la situación
To match the situation
Los judíos dicen que ese es el que esperaban
The Jews say he is the one they were waiting for
Tiene un penthouse en manhattan
He has a penthouse in Manhattan
Y un piso en parís
And a flat in Paris
Un doctorado en harvard
A doctorate from Harvard
Y un affair con una actriz
And an affair with an actress
Toma un trago en el village con bill gates
He has a drink in the Village with Bill Gates
Oye un poco de jazz por distracción
Listens to some jazz for distraction
Revisa la bolsa y le invierte a la iglesia
Checks the stock market and invests in the church
Hace un poco de jogging en central park
Does some jogging in Central Park
Aprende kung fu en china town
Learns kung fu in Chinatown
Prepara un golpe y nadie sabe la fecha
Plans a coup and nobody knows the date
Tiene una escolta armada
He has an armed escort
Con tipos de israel
With guys from Israel
Y una magnum 45 para él
And a .45 Magnum for himself
Dicen que es el que vino y juró que iba a regresar
They say he is the one who came and swore he would return
Que se hizo cirugía en las manos para disimular
That he had surgery on his hands to disguise himself
Que es el enviado del cielo y que está en manhattan
That he is the heaven-sent and he is in Manhattan
Y esta vez su estrategia, no es igual
And this time his strategy is not the same
Tiene un socio en japón, otro en afganistán
He has a partner in Japan, another in Afghanistan
Habla a diario con dios por el internet
Talks to God daily through the internet
Promueve un cambio y se ha ganado enemigos
Promotes a change and has earned enemies
Ya compró cnn y está usando su espacio
He has bought CNN and is using its space
Con discursos que invitan a quitarnos el velo
With speeches that invite us to remove the veil
Y el caos impera y el planeta se espanta
And chaos reigns and the planet is terrified
La iglesia lo acusa de hereje
The church accuses him of heresy
Y el pentágono de terrorista
And the Pentagon of terrorism
Y en el filo de la navaja la fe
And faith hangs on the edge of a knife
Dicen que es el que vino y juro que iba a regresar
They say he is the one who came and swore he would return
Que se hizo cirugía en las manos para disimular
That he had surgery on his hands to disguise himself
Que es el enviado del cielo y que está en manhattan
That he is the heaven-sent and he is in Manhattan
Y esta vez su estrategia, no es igual
And this time his strategy is not the same
Se ha suicidado un magnate en la gran manzana
A magnate has committed suicide in the Big Apple
Se lee en la portada del new york times
It reads on the cover of the New York Times
Y una nube de dudas le hacen sombra al sol
And a cloud of doubts cast a shadow over the sun
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