The Swine Flu Cumbia

Mexicans are nothing if not a festive people and they’re not letting a little thing like a deadly flu pandemic stop their happy, latino ways. So, here for your dancing pleasure is, “La Cumbia De La Gripe Porcina,” or “The Swine Flu Cumbia.” Lyrics in Spanish/and translated to English are below: 

es la noticia del dia/it’s the news of the day
la influeza ya llego/the influenza is here
compren todos medicina/everyone get your medicine
pa enfrentar al batallon/so you can confront this battalion

ya mejor que te de un sida/it’d be better to get AIDS
un cancer o comezon/cancer or an itch
hoy mas vale ser suicida/nowadays its better to be suicidal
con taquitos de pastor/with “al pastor” (spiced pork) tacos

[coro/chorus]

por que dicen que es la gripa perfecta (2)/because they say its the perfect flu (repeat
no te vayas a perder, cuñado. todo se acabo/don’t let go, bro. its all over
por que dicen que es la gripa perfecta (2)/because they say its the perfect flu (repeat)
y no saben que el chilango vive bajo el smog/and they don’t know the chilango [Ed: Mexico City inhabitants are called Chilangos] lives under smog

vete de la capital/leave the capital
pronto todo va estallar/everything is going to blow up soon
quedaremos como zombies/we’ll be left like zombies
bien quemados por el sol/all burnt up by the sun

ahora quien nos va ayudar/who’s gonna help us now?
no le llamen a super man/don’t call superman
todos estaremos muertos/we’ll be all dead
cuando llegue indiana jones/when indiana jones gets here

coro/chorus