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Thursday, May 16, 2019

Cosas Que Los Americanos No Entienden (Things Americans Don't Understand) [updated]

Hay cosas que quiero gritar.
Quiero decirlo hasta que los techos
tiemblen arriba de las cabezas de los que no entienden.

There are things I want to scream
I want to say them until the roofs 
shake above the heads of those who do not understand.

No es todo comida y ropa colorada tan linda;
cosas que piensas que entiendas.
Mucho de allá no es bonito. Pero, es maravilloso.
Es todo mi familia y amor.
Es gente dándole todo cuando no tienen nada.

It's not all beautifully colored food and clothes;
things you think you understand.
A lot there isn't pretty. But, it's marvelous.
It is all of my family and love.
It's people giving everything when they have nothing.

Es otro mundo.
No estoy hablando
nada más de un diferente lugar o
idioma. Todo eso son distintos,
no quiero decir que no.

It's another world.
I'm not talking about
that it's just a different place or
language. Everything is different,
I don't want to say it's not.

Si tiempo es una pista en Los Estados,
en Panamá vivimos en un rio.
Solo puedes vivir.

If time is a highway in the United States,
in Panama we live in a river.
All we can do is live.

Hay días donde se mueve rápido,
pero en las mayorías de los casos-
no pasa así.

There are days that move quickly,
but in most cases,
it doesn't go like that.

No sabes cuándo van a regresar
cuando salen diciendo
- ¡voy a pasear! -

You don't know when they are going to come back
when they leave after saying,
"I'm going out*!"

* No direct translation for the word, "pasear." Casual ~ walk (on foot), stroll, (often unplanned) journey. See WordReference for me.