Mojado Lyrics in English Ricardo Arjona , Intocable

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mojado by Ricardo Arjona from Spanish to English.

He packed a couple shirts, a hat

His calling as an adventurer, six tips

Seven photos, a thousand memories

He packed his urge to stay

His condition of becoming

The man that he dreamed of

And hasn't managed to be

He said goodbye with a grimace disguised as a smile

And begged his God crucified on the shelf

For the safeguard of his loved ones

And he pierced the border

However he could

If the gentle moon slides over any ledge

Without any permission

Because the wetback needs

To prove with visas that he's not from Neptune

The wetback wants to dry off

The wetback is wet from the tears shed by

Nostalgia

The wetback, the undocumented one

Carries the load that legally he wouldn't carry

Not even forced

The torture of a paper has turned him into a fugitive

And he's not from here because his name doesn't appear in the files

Nor is he from there because he left

If the gentle moon slides over any ledge

Without any permission

Because the wetback needs

To prove with visas that he's not from Neptune

Wetback

Your truth tastes like a lie

Anxiety tastes like sadness

From seeing a freeway and dreaming of the path

That leads to your house

Wetback

Wet from crying so much

Knowing that somewhere

A kiss is waiting on pause

Since the day that you left

If the gentle moon slides over any ledge

Without any permission

Because the wetback needs

To prove with visas that he's not from Neptune

If the universal visa is issued

The day that we're born

And expires at death

Why do they chase you, wetback

If the consul of the heavens

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SONG MEANING

“Mojado” paints the emotional roadmap of an undocumented migrant who packs a few shirts, an old hat, and a heart full of hope before slipping across a border. Ricardo Arjona and Intocable contrast the effortless freedom of the moon gliding over rooftops with the traveler’s exhausting need to prove, visa in hand, that he is not “from Neptune.” The song spotlights the irony of paperwork that turns dreamers into fugitives, even though life itself grants every human a “universal visa” from birth until death.

Beneath its lively, accordion-laced rhythm, the song is a bittersweet chronicle of homesickness, courage, and unanswered prayers. Each verse carries the weight of nostalgia—tears that keep the migrant forever “wet”—while the chorus questions why borders chase those who simply want a chance to dry their sorrows and send kisses back home. “Mojado” invites listeners to dance, reflect, and empathize with millions whose only crime is daring to chase the life they once imagined.

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Ricardo Arjona Mojado Lyrics