El Analfabeta

Man, what does this letter say, man, let's see?
Trucu cu trucu trucu
Lend me, Joaquín, that thing, I'll read it for you, man, for God's sake
Thanks, man Miguel, man

My love sent me a letter
And since I can't read
So that it could be read to me
I called my buddy Miguel

As soon as he opened the letter
Right there Miguel said
Buddy, give me a double
So I can read it

This is very tough, buddy
What I'm going to tell you
Better ask for the bottle
So I can endure

This letter is very sad
Little buddy, ask for more
Because what I'm going to tell you
I'm not capable of saying fresh

Tell me, then, buddy
I'm anxious to know
If you want to know what it says
Bring me more to drink

I want to know, buddy
What that paper says
Ask for a chicken leg
And cigarettes too

Ask for whatever you want
But please read
To tell you, buddy
I won't have the courage

For you to read, buddy
I'm going to ask for more liquor
I'm about to cry, buddy
Bring the whole jug

Ask for the little bottle, Joaco
To get myself in shape
I'm also going to ask for some cigarettes, you hear
And a little chicken leg too
It's not too much

My buddy already drunk
Man, from so much drinking
Looked at that letter again
And right there started to cry

How is it possible, buddy
That this happens to you?
Ask for another little jug
And lend me about a hundred thousand pesos

Read it to me, then, buddy
I'm anxious to know
If you want to know what it says
Bring me more to drink

I want to know, buddy
What that paper says
Ask for a chicken leg
And cigarettes too

Ask for whatever you want
But please read
To tell you, buddy
I won't have the courage

For you to read, buddy
I'm going to ask for more liquor
I'm about to cry, buddy
Bring the whole jug

Man Joaquín, looking at this letter
And the writing is very blurry, man
But how's the spelling, is it correct?
Well, let's see, man
It's quite blurry, well
As long as you do me the favor of reading it to me, man

I'm going to tell you now
And have courage, friend
I know this will hurt you
You're going to cry with me

This is very tough, buddy
That's what Miguel told me
We are two illiterates
I can't read either

Miguel knocked me down