Buena Vista Social Club
El carretero lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1997
- Genre
- Son Cubano
- Length
- 3:31
Por el camino del sitio mío
On the road to my place
Un carretero alegre pasó
A cheerful cart driver went by
Con sus canciones que muy sentida
With his heartfelt songs
Y muy guajira alegre cantó
And joyfully he sang a guajira
Me voy al transbordador (bam, bam)
I'm off to the ferry (bam, bam)
A descargar la carreta (bam, bam)
To unload the cart (bam, bam)
Me voy al transbordador (bam, bam)
I'm off to the ferry (bam, bam)
A descargar la carreta (bam, bam)
To unload the cart (bam, bam)
Para cumplir con la meta (bam, bam)
To fulfill my goal (bam, bam)
De mi pequeña labor
Of my little work
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback, we head to the hill
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback, we head to the hill
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback, we head to the hill
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback, we head to the hill
Yo trabajo sin reposo (bam, bam)
I work without rest (bam, bam)
Para poderme casar (bam, bam)
To be able to get married (bam, bam)
Que yo trabajo sin reposo (bam, bam)
For I work without rest (bam, bam)
Para poderme casar (bam, bam)
To be able to get married (bam, bam)
Y si lo llego a lograr (bam, bam)
And if I manage to succeed (bam, bam)
Seré un guajiro dichoso
I will be a happy peasant
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback we go to the mountain
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback we go to the mountain
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback we go to the mountain
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback we go to the mountain
Yo soy guajiro y carretero (bam, bam)
I'm a country boy and a cart driver (bam, bam)
Y en el campo vivo bien (bam, bam)
And in the countryside I live well (bam, bam)
Que soy guajiro y carretero (bam, bam)
Because I'm a country boy and a cart driver (bam, bam)
Y en el campo vivo bien (bam, bam)
And in the countryside I live well (bam, bam)
Porque el campo es el edén (bam, bam)
Because the countryside is the Eden (bam, bam)
Más lindo del mundo entero
The most beautiful in the whole world
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback, we head to the mountains
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback, we head to the mountains
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback, we head to the mountains
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
On horseback, we head to the mountains
Chapea el monte, cultiva el llano
Clear the brush, cultivate the plains
Recoge el fruto de tu sudor
Gather the fruit of your labor
Chapea el monte, cultiva el llano
Clear the brush, cultivate the plains
Recoge el fruto de tu sudor
Gather the fruit of your labor
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Key vocabulary
- alegre
- happyA1
- bam
- bang
- bien
- wellA1
- caballo
- horseA2
- camino
- roadB1
- campo
- fieldA1
- canciones
- songsA2
- cantó
- sangC2
- carreta
- cartB2
- carretero
- cart driverC1
About this song
Producer Ry Cooder originally intended to record Malian musicians and Cuban locals, but the Africans were unable to obtain visas, so he made an album of Cuban son instead.