
Carlos Mejía Godoy
Vamos a la Milpa lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1994
- Length
- 3:36
Vamos a la milpa a la milpa del Señor
Let's go to the field, to the Lord's field
Jesucristo invita a su cosecha de amor
Jesus Christ invites you to His harvest of love
brillan los maizales a luz del sol
the cornfields shine in the sunlight
vamos a la milpa de la comunión
let's go to the field of communion
vamos a la milpa de la comunión
let's go to the field of communion
El pueblo se desvorona alrededor del altar
The people gather around the altar
arimadita a la hogera se reunen entera la comunidad
little by little the whole community joins the fire
yo vengo de tierra dentro más alla de Sacaclí
I come from deep within, beyond Sacaclí
traigo bellas mazurquitas y una tonadita que la canto asi
I bring beautiful little ears of corn and a little tune that I sing like this
traigo bellas mazurquitas y una tonadita que la canto asi
I bring beautiful little ears of corn and a little tune that I sing like this
Vamos a la milpa a la milpa del Señor
Let's go to the field, to the Lord's field
Jesucristo invita a su cosecha de amor
Jesus Christ invites us to His harvest of love
brilla los maizales a luz del sol
the cornfields shine in the sunlight
vamos a la milpa de la comunión
let's go to the field of communion
vamos a la milpa de la comunión
let's go to the field of communion
Los pescaditos del lago nos quieren acompañar
The little fish from the lake want to join us
y brincan alborozados como encalichados de fraternidad
and they leap joyfully like they're filled with brotherhood
Laguneros y robalos, el guapote y el gaspar,
Laguans and snooks, the guapote and the gaspar,
las mojarras, las guabinas y hasta las sardinas
the mojarras, the guabinas, and even the sardines
parecen cantar las mojarras, las guabinas
seem to sing the mojarras, the guabinas
y hasta las sardinas parecen cantar
and even the sardines seem to sing
Vamos a la milpa a la milpa del Señor
Let's go to the milpa, to the milpa of the Lord
Jesucristo invita a su cosecha de amor
Jesus Christ invites to His harvest of love
brillan los maizales a luz del sol
the cornfields shine in the light of the sun
vamos a la milpa de la comunión
let's go to the milpa of communion
vamos a la milpa de la comunión.
let's go to the milpa of communion.
La comunión no es un rito intrascendente y banal.
Communion is not a trivial and inconsequential rite.
Es compromiso y vivencia, toma de conciencia de la cristiandad.
It is commitment and experience, a taking of consciousness in Christianity.
Es comulgar con la lucha de la colectividad.
It is to commune with the struggle of the collective.
Es decir yo soy cristiano y conmigo hermano vos podés contar
It is to say I am Christian and with me, brother, you can count
Es decir yo soy cristiano y conmigo hermano vos podés contar.
That is to say, I am a Christian, and with me, brother, you can count.
Vamos a la milpa a la milpa del Señor
Let's go to the field, to the field of the Lord.
Jesucristo invita a su cosecha de amor
Jesus Christ invites you to His harvest of love.
brillan los maizales a luz del sol
The cornfields shine in the sunlight.
vamos a la milpa de la comunión
Let's go to the field of communion.
vamos a la milpa de la comunión
Let's go to the field of communion.
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Key vocabulary
- comulgar
- communionB2
- rito
- ritualC2
- acompañar
- accompanyA1
- cristiano
- ChristianA1
- hasta
- untilA1
- hermano
- brotherA1
- pueblo
- townA1
- sol
- sunA1
- soy
- amA1
- tierra
- earthA1
About this song
Carlos Mejía Godoy is a Nicaraguan musician, composer, and singer-songwriter associated with testimonial song, also called nueva canción. He is one of the main representatives of the movement in Nicaragua.