Translation of the song El encargado artist Leo Masliah
El encargado
The manager
Él es un encargado.
He's a manager.
Tiene gente que le obedece.
He has people who obey him.
Él pone las sanciones.
He puts the penalties.
Tiene gente que lo aborrece.
He has people who loathe him.
Él pega cuatro gritos
He gives four screams
y la fábrica se estremece.
and the factory shivers.
Él marca los trabajos.
He sets the jobs.
Tiene gente que lo padece.
He has people who suffers them.
Él busca los que sirven.
He looks for who serve.
A mas de uno dispuso el cese.
To more than one he ordered the sacking.
Él le dice a su jefe
He says to his boss
yo no quiero tipos como ese.
I don't want guys like that one
El día en que le fallan,
The day they fail him,
se desespera, se enloquece.
he gets desperated and crazy.
Él les grita ¿Que es esto,
He yells at them What is this,
es un taller o una kermesse?
a workshop or a kermesse?
Él es también empleado.
He's an employee too.
Cuando se acuerda se entristece.
When he remembers it he gets sad.
Él es un subalterno.
He's a subordinate.
Tiene gente que lo entorpece.
He has people who hinder him.
Él es un encargado.
He's a manager.
Encargado hasta que progrese.
A manager until he gets better.
Él es un encargado
He's a manager.
y la pinta lo favorece.
and the look is on his side.
Él trabaja con ganas.
He works willingly.
Que bien si el patrón lo supiese.
How good if the chief knew it.
Él sueña con ser jefe.
He dreams to become a boss.
Le pide a su mujer que rece.
He asks his wife to pray.
Él que ha luchado siempre
He who always fought
porque la producción saliese,
for the production to come out well,
él de tanta riqueza,
he of many wealth
piensa que algo le pertenece.
thinks that some belongs to him.
Él es un encargado.
He's a manager.
Encargado aunque no parece.
A manager though he doesn't look like it.
Él sirve para jefe
He serves to be a boss
Si el patrón lo reconociese.
If the chief could recognize it.
Él le pide a su espejo,
He asks to his mirror,
le suplica, que le confiese
he begs it, to confess him
el destino, la suerte,
the destiny, the luck,
el futuro que se merece.
the future that he deserves.
El espejo le dice
The mirror says
que si fuese a quien eligiese,
that if it was who choses,
él lo colocaría
it would put him
al frente para que dirigiese.
in front for him to direct.
Él es un encargado.
He's a manager.
Tiene gente que le obedece.
He has people who obey him.
Él pone las sanciones.
He puts the penalties.
Tiene gente que lo aborrece.
He has people who loathe him.
Él pega cuatro gritos
He gives four screams
y la fábrica se estremece.
and the factory shivers.
Él jefe pega uno
The boss gives one
y el se avergüenza, se enrojece.
and he gets red, of shame.