
Carlos Vives
El playonero lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1992
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 3:06
Yo salí,
I left,
yo salí de los playones
I left the plains
yo salí de los playones
I left the plains
que hay a orillas del río Cesar (bis)
that are by the banks of the Cesar River (repeat)
Yo soy el que sé enlazar, hombe a los novillos
I am the one who knows how to lasso, man to the calves,
hombe, a los novillos cimarrones
man, to the wild calves,
Que salen de la montaña
That come down from the mountain
a dormir a los playones
to sleep in the plains,
y se van de madrugada
and they leave at dawn
por que el tigre se los come
because the tiger eats them.
Me llaman,
They call me,
me llaman el vallenato
they call me the vallenato,
me llaman el vallenato
they call me the vallenato,
en Codas si tengo renombre (bis)
in Codas I have a name (repeat)
Yo soy un Panisto Castro, hombe caporal,
I am a Panisto Castro, man, a foreman,
hombe caporal de los playones
man, a foreman of the plains,
por que cuando tiro e' lazo
because when I throw the lasso
ningún toro se me esconde (bis)
no bull hides from me (repeat)
Yo tengo,
I have,
yo tengo una fama buena
I have a good reputation,
yo tengo una fama buena
I have a good reputation,
extendida en todo el playón (bis)
spread throughout the plain (repeat)
Porque conozco en la huella, hombe sí el novillo
Because I know the trails, man, yes, the calf,
hombe si el novillo cimarrón (bis)
man, yes, the wild calf (repeat)
Cuando sale e'la montaña
When it comes down from the mountain
a dormir en el playón (bis)
to sleep in the plain (repeat)
Yo dejé, yo dejé una playonera
I left, I left a plains girl,
yo dejé una playonera
I left a plains girl,
ay! llorándome en el playón (bis)
oh! crying for me in the plain (repeat)
Pero me traje su huella, ay hombe, pintada,
But I brought her trail, oh man, painted,
hombe, pintada, en el corazón
man, painted, in my heart.
Lo mismo que la del toro
Just like that of the bull
cuando pisa en el playón
when it steps in the plain,
deja la huella en el lodo
it leaves a mark in the mud
en forma de corazón
in the shape of a heart.
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Key vocabulary
- buena
- goodA2
- come
- eatsA2
- corazón
- heartB1
- cuando
- whenB1
- deja
- leaveB2
- dormir
- sleepA2
- e'la
- —A1
- esconde
- hideC1
- fama
- fameB2
- hay
- there isA1
About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.