Carlos Vives
Carmen Gómez lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2023
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 3:31
De un concurso que se forme
From a contest that will form
Buscando mujer perfecta
Searching for the perfect woman
De un concurso que se forme
From a contest that will form
Buscando mujer perfecta
Searching for the perfect woman
Yo voy a que ganar Fonseca
I’m going to win Fonseca
Homb'e representando a Carmen Gómez
A man representing Carmen Gómez
Yo voy a que ganar Fonseca
I’m going to win Fonseca
Homb'e representando a Carmen Gómez
A man representing Carmen Gómez
Ay, Carmen
Oh, Carmen
Porque Carmen, porque Carmen
Because Carmen, because Carmen
Tiene en sus ojos la muestra
She has in her eyes the proof
Porque Carmen, porque Carmen
Because Carmen, because Carmen
Tiene en sus ojos la muestra
She has in her eyes the proof
De una raza noble y grande
Of a noble and great lineage
Que es la que ella representa
That is what she represents
De una raza noble y grande
Of a noble and great lineage
Que es la que ella representa
That is what she represents
Pues tiene porte de una gran dama
For she has the poise of a great lady
Y una elegancia muy distinguida
And a very distinguished elegance
Pues tiene porte de una gran dama
For she has the poise of a great lady
Y una elegancia muy distinguida
And a very distinguished elegance
Sacó los ojos de España (¡olé!)
She has the eyes of Spain (olé!)
Y la nobleza latina
And the Latin nobility
Sacó los ojos de España (¡olé!)
She has the eyes of Spain (olé!)
Y esa elegancia latina
And that Latin elegance
Me gusta su gentileza
I love her kindness
Su incomparable dulzura
Her incomparable sweetness
Me gusta su gentileza
I love her kindness
Su incomparable dulzura
Her incomparable sweetness
Con que adorna su hermosura
With which she adorns her beauty
Qué orgullo de Fonseca
What a pride for Fonseca
Con que adorna su hermosura
With which she adorns her beauty
Qué orgullo de Fonseca
What a pride for Fonseca
Y Escalona felicita a todos los Fonsequeros
And Escalona congratulates all the Fonsequeros
Y Escalona felicita a todos los Fonsequeros
And Escalona congratulates all the Fonsequeros
Porque tienen a Carmencita
Because they have Carmencita
Que es orgullo de este pueblo
Who is the pride of this town
Porque tienen a Carmencita
Because they have Carmencita
Que es el orgullo de este pueblo
Who is the pride of this town
Pues tiene el porte de una gran dama
For she has the poise of a great lady
Y una elegancia muy distinguida
And a very distinguished elegance
Pues tiene el porte de una gran dama
For she has the poise of a great lady
Y una elegancia muy distinguida
And a very distinguished elegance
Sacó los ojos de España (¡olé!)
She has the eyes of Spain (olé!)
Y la nobleza latina
And the Latin nobility
Sacó los ojos de España (¡olé!)
She has the eyes of Spain (olé!)
Y esa elegancia latina
And that Latin elegance
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Key vocabulary
- buscando
- seeking
- dulzura
- sweetness
- esa
- thatA1
- este
- thisA1
- gran
- greatB1
- latina
- femaleB2
- adorna
- adorns
- carmencita
- Carmen
- concurso
- contestB1
- dama
- ladyC1
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About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.