El Vals del Obrero [English translation]

Proud to be (proud to be)

Among the proletariat (among the proletariat)

It's tough to get to the end of the month

and to have to sweat and sweat

to win our daily bread.

This is my place, these are my people

We are workers, the preferred class

For this reason, proletariat brother, with pride

I sing you this song, we are the revolution.

Yes, sir! the revolution,

Yes, sir! Yes, sir! We are the revolution,

your enemy is the master,

Yes, sir! Yes, sir! We are the revolution,

Long live the revolution.

I'm up to here1 putting up with these leeches,

that rob me of my dignity.

My life is wasting away tolerating this routine

that suffocates me every day.

Happy is the businessman, more callouses on my hands

my kidneys are going to burst

I don't have a fucking dime2, but I'm still paying for

your state of well-being - Go!

Resistance! [x3]

Dance, brother, the waltz of the worker

This is my place, these are my people

We are workers, the preferred class

For this reason, proletariat brother, with pride

I sing you this song, we are the revolution.

Yes, sir! the revolution,

Yes, sir! Yes, sir! We are the revolution,

your enemy is the master,

Yes, sir! Yes, sir! We are the revolution,

Long live the revolution.

In this democracy there are many ready to profit

by squeezing our social class.

They don't give two fucks if you have fourteen kids3

and your grandmother can't afford her operation.

We are the workers, the foundation of this game

in which the same sucker always loses,

a game that's well thought out, in which they keep us silent

and they fuck you if you don't want to play

Resistance! [x4]

ska, ska, ska, ska

Resistance! [x3]

Resistance! [x3]

Resistance!

We will stay strong!4

Resistance! [x3]

The united village!

Resistance!

Resistance!

Di-so-be-di-ence!

1. lit: up to my balls2. A "duro" is a five-peseta coin, which is an outdated form of currency in Spain. It is often used in expressions such as the one here to express that one does not have any money left.3. "Me importa un huevo" is an idiom that means "I don't give a fuck!" In this line the number of 'fucks' ('huevos', or eggs) is increased to four to show just how little care is given. I've chosen to translate this as 'two' rather than 'four' because I feel like it is a more common idiom in American English.4. lit: We insist!