Pablo Pueblo - Rubén Blades, Willie Colón

Regresa un hombre en silencio

De su trabajo cansado

Su paso no lleva prisa

Su sombra nunca lo alcanza.

Lo espera el barrio de siempre

Con el farol en la esquina

Con la basura allá en frente

Y el ruido de la cantina.

Pablo pueblo

Llega hasta el zaguán oscuro

Y vueve a ver las paredes

Con las viejas papeletas

Que prometían futuros

En lides politiqueras

Y en su cara se dibuja

La decepción de la espera.

Pablo pueblo

Hijo del grito y la calle

De la miseria y del hambre

Del callejón y la pena.

Pablo pueblo

Tu alimento es la esperanza

Su paso no lleva prisa

Su sombra nunca lo alcanza.

Llega al patio

Pensativo y cabizbajo

Con su silendio de pobre

Con los gritos por abajo.

La ropa allá en los balcones

El viento la va secando

Escucha un trueno en el cielo

Tiempo de lluvia avisando.

Entra al cuarto y se queda mirando

A su mujer y a los niños

Y se pregunta hasta cuándo

Toma sus sueños raídos

Los parcha con esperanzas

Hace del hambre una almohada

Y se acuesta triste de alma.

Pablo pueblo

Hijo del grito y la calle

De la miseria y el hambre

Del callejón y la pena.

Pablo pueblo

Su alimento es la esperanza

Su paso no lleva prisa

Su sombra nunca lo alcanza.

Pablo pueblo, Pablo hermano

Trabajó hasta jubilarse

Y nunca sobraron chavos

Pablo pueblo, Pablo hermano

Votando en las elecciones

Pa' después comerse un clavo

Pablo pueblo, Pablo hermano

Pablo con el silencio del pobre

Con los gritos por abajo

Pablo pueblo, Pablo hermano

Eeeea echa pa’lante, Pablito

Y a la vida mete mano

Pablo pueblo, Pablo hermano

A un crucifijo rezando

El cambio esperando en Dios

Pablo pueblo, Pablo hermano

Mira a su mujer y a los nenes

Y se pregunta hasta cuándo.

Pablo pueblo, Pablo hermano

Llega a su barrio de siempre

Cansa’o de la factoría

Pablo pueblo, Pablo hermano

Buscando suerte en caballos

Y comprando lotería

Pablo pueblo, Pablo hermano

Gastándose un dinerito en dominó

Y tomándose un par de tragos

Pablo pueblo, Pablo hermano

Hijo del grito y la calle

De la pena y el quebranto

Pablo pueblo, Pablo hermano

Ay Pablo pueblo

Ay Pablo hermano.

(Gracias a Noemi por esta letra)

A silent man returns

Of your tired work

His step is not in a hurry

His shadow of him never reaches him.

The usual neighborhood awaits

With the lantern in the corner

With the garbage there in front

And the noise of the canteen.

paul town

Reaches the dark hall

And see the walls again

With the old ballots

that promised future

In political disputes

And on his face he draws

The disappointment of waiting.

paul town

Son of the scream and the street

Of misery and hunger

From the alley and the penalty.

paul town

Your food is hope

His step is not in a hurry

His shadow of him never reaches him.

comes to the yard

Thoughtful and downcast

With his poor man's silence

With the screams below.

The clothes there on the balconies

The wind is drying it

Hear a thunder in the sky

Rainy weather warning.

He enters the room and stares

To his wife of him and the children

And he wonders how long

Take their shabby dreams

He patches them with hope

Makes hunger a pillow

And he goes to bed with a sad soul.

paul town

Son of the scream and the street

Of misery and hunger

From the alley and the penalty.

paul town

His food is hope

His step is not in a hurry

His shadow of him never reaches him.

Pablo town, Pablo brother

He worked until he retired

And there were never enough kids

Pablo town, Pablo brother

Voting in the elections

Pa 'after eating a nail

Pablo town, Pablo brother

Paul with the silence of the poor

With the screams below

Pablo town, Pablo brother

Eeeea move forward, Pablito

And to life he puts his hand

Pablo town, Pablo brother

To a crucifix praying

The change waiting on God

Pablo town, Pablo brother

Look at his wife of him and the kids

And he wonders how long.

Pablo town, Pablo brother

He comes to his usual neighborhood

Tired of the factory

Pablo town, Pablo brother

Looking for luck on horses

and buying lottery

Pablo town, Pablo brother

Spending a little money on dominoes

And having a couple of drinks

Pablo town, Pablo brother

Son of the scream and the street

Of grief and loss

Pablo town, Pablo brother

Oh Pablo town

Oh Paul brother.

(Thanks to Noemi for these lyrics)