La Calaca

Be very careful gentlemen
Because death is ready
In the pantheon of sorrows
It already has a little hole for us
For the composers
And a few journalists
Lawyers and doctors
Everyone is on the list

Tuku, tuku, tuki, taka
What a mischievous skeleton
When we least expect it
It makes us kick the bucket
I escaped from it once
But it almost caught me

Death doesn't show its true colors
Nor does it make distinctions
It takes the poor
And the rich with their millions alike
One goes in a golden coffin
And the other in just their underwear
But after some time passes
They end up just as bald

Tuku, tuku, tuki, taka
What a mischievous skeleton
Weak and powerful
Nobody escapes death
We all meet the same end
In a shroud or in a coffin

I knew a merchant
Good at cheating his customers
Things worth five
He always sold for twenty
But he died of cold
Poor thing, suddenly
They sent him to hell
So the devil could warm him up

Tuku, tuku, tuki, taka
What a mischievous skeleton
Take all those swindlers
Take them by the tie
Undesirable usurers
Suck like ticks

The worker earns his bread
With the sweat of his brow
So his children can eat
Although not enough
While many abusers
Live violating the laws
Earning what they want
By acting like oxen

Tuku, tuku, tuki, taka
What a mischievous skeleton
I apologize to you all
If I've already messed up
Although they are very similar
It's not the same thing to be an ox as a cow

The balance of life
Is very uneven
There are few who earn a lot
And many who earn nothing
The worker's job
Has no compensations
With this minimum wage
It's not even enough for trucks

Tuku, tuku, tuki, taka
What a mischievous skeleton
If you know the devil
Beg him not to be ungrateful
So that the cost of living
Becomes cheaper for us

Be very careful gentlemen
Those who are already voters
Here come the elections
With their manipulators
And each party says
That you should vote for them
And that from now on
They will give us a life of kings

Tuku, tuku, tuki, taka
What a mischievous skeleton
And here comes another president
To blow our minds
He comes promising a lot
But will only give us
Tuku, tuku, tuki, taka