A Ver Si Agarras Confianza
Jorge Yáñez Y Los Moros
Let's See If You Gain Confidence
Sung.
Get that damn horse out of there,
it's ruining the beans!
Handle it under the willow
and give it some alfalfa.
Loosen the cinch a bit,
if you're not going to ride it
and come closer over here,
let's see if you gain confidence
and let me go at once,
what the hell, son, what's wrong with you?
Spoken.
Because for a few days now,
it seems like you're waiting
to get up early,
to do nothing but nonsense.
To start.
Have you looked in the mirror?
... What a sight!
yes, it looks like you fought
with the comb and the razor.
Sung.
The jacket all torn
and screaming for an iron;
Spoken.
the belt all twisted;
a spur without a rowel;
Sung.
the handkerchief all messed up;
the poncho put on backwards...
Spoken.
Keep it up and one of these days
I'll make a profit off you,
Sung.
putting you as a scarecrow,
in one of the farms.
Spoken.
What happened to the sharp-dressed man?
what happened to the cock of the walk
who didn't miss a thing
and could even see underwater.
I would like to explain
how the frost caught you
that, despite the heavy drink,
your head got dizzy.
Sung.
You're a lost cause.
Son, for God's sake, what's wrong with you?
Spoken.
You walk around deaf, blind, and dumb;
you don't answer when spoken to;
sometimes you sigh heavily,
other times you laugh for no reason
or you spend hours and hours
staring into space.
Sung.
If I send you to pick figs,
Spoken.
you'll probably come back with avocados,
Sung.
go out to round up an ox
Spoken.
and come back with a goat,
Sung.
you went to town to buy wheat
Spoken.
and left the money here;
Sung.
and yesterday, to avoid a scolding,
Spoken.
you flooded a couple of boots,
and just today, at lunchtime,
besides breaking two cups,
Sung.
you put salt in the coffee
and sugar in the stew.
Spoken.
Any day now you'll feel like
saddling a cow,
milking the rooster
or hitching a couple of pigs...
Sung.
I look at you and don't recognize you.
Son, for God's sake, what's wrong with you?
If you're acting the same as me,
Spoken.
If you're acting the same as me,
when I met your mother!