El Consejo – Lyrics Meaning in English – Ana Bárbara & Paquita la del Barrio
This song is giving young girls advice on how to deal with relationships. The singer tells them to always do to men as they do to you so that you are both on the same page, and to not be afraid to leave those who hurt you. She also says that men need to be taught how to respect women.
Singer: Ana Bárbara & Paquita la del Barrio
Hoy vengo aquí a molestarla
Para pedirle un consejo
Usted conoce a los hombres
Que se pasan de traviesos
Today I’ve come here to annoy her
To ask her for advice
You know the men
That are playful
Yo ya sufrí algunas penas
Con unos que no son buenos
Quisiera que me ayudara
Que con otra ya no puedo
I already suffered some pains
With some that aren’t nice
I wanted you to help me
I can’t with another
Yo cuando estaba más joven
De esas penas pasé tantas
Traidores que me engañaron
Y una rata de dos patas
When I was younger
I went through so many sorrows
Traitors who fooled me
And a rat with two legs
Solo hazme caso, m’hijita
Y aplica bien mi consejo
La ley del ojo por ojo
Hay que usar con esos viejos
Just listen to me, my daughter
And use my advice
The rule of an eye for an eye
Has to be used with those oldies
Al que me engañe, lo engaño
Al que me pegue, le pego
Al que me use, lo uso
Y así quedamos parejos
Whoever deceives me, I’ll deceive
Whoever hits me, I’ll hit
Whoever uses me, I’ll use
This way we stay even
Al que me insulte, lo insulto
Al que me quiera, lo quiero
Al que me cuide, lo cuido
Pero al que me friegue, lo friego
Whoever insults me, I’ll insult
Whoever loves me, I’ll love
Whoever takes care of me, I’ll take care of
Whoever bothers me, I’ll bother
¿Estás oyendo, inútil?
Méndigo arrastrado
Are you listening, useless?
Dragged beggar
Para seguirle los pasos
Encontraré la manera
Voy a tener las agallas
De dejar a quien me hiera
To follow his steps
I’ll find a way
I’ll have the guts
To leave whoever hurts me
Y a los que vayan de infieles
Recuérdales siempre el tema
De lo que hizo a su hombre
Esa famosa Lorena
And those who are unfaithful
Always remind them the topic
Of what she did to her man
The famous Lorena
Al que me engañe, lo engaño
Al que me pegue, le pego
Al que me use, lo uso
Y así quedamos parejos
Whoever deceives me, I’ll deceive
Whoever hits me, I’ll hit
Whoever uses me, I’ll use
This way we stay even
Al que me insulte, lo insulto
Al que me quiera, lo quiero
Al que me cuide, lo cuido
Pero al que me friegue, lo friego
Whoever insults me, I’ll insult
Whoever loves me, I’ll love
Whoever takes care of me, I’ll take care of
Whoever bothers me, I’ll bother
Hay que enseñarles respeto
A esa bola de coquetos
We have to teach them respect
To that ball of flirtatious
