Carlos Vives
El sombrero de Alejo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 3:16
Ayer de tarde escuche en la emisora
Yesterday afternoon I heard on the radio
Que ya el vallenato no tiene valor,
That vallenato has lost its value,
Que hoy los artistas para estar de moda
That today artists to stay trendy
Solo estan pendientes al "National Report"
Only care about the 'National Report.'
Que Carlos vives se olvido de Leandro
That Carlos Vives forgot about Leandro,
Que Matilde Lina ya no es su cancion
That Matilde Lina is no longer his song.
Que en otros aires El vive pensando
That in different airs, he lives thinking,
Que perdio el camino dice Isaac Leon
That he's lost his way, says Isaac León.
Y esque el comercio termino olvidando
And that commerce has ended up forgetting
La escencia pura de nuestro folklor
The pure essence of our folklore.
Si Luis Enrique estuviera escuchando
If Luis Enrique were listening
Diria que ya murio la inspiracion
He would say that inspiration has died.
Pero en las calles se escuchan sus cantos
But in the streets, their songs are heard,
Y contara la historia que el valle triunfo
And they'll tell the story of the valley's triumph.
Que el vallenato se volvio costumbre
That vallenato has become a tradition,
Se vistio de fiesta, se hizo rock and roll
It dressed up for a party, transformed into rock and roll.
Y el valle esta muy cerca de Fonseca
And the valley is very close to Fonseca,
Tierra del cantor...
Land of the singer...
Lo que produce hay que verlo, ese folklor de la sierra
What it produces is worth seeing, that folklore from the mountains.
Se hizo famoso en la tierra, como el sombrero de Alejo
It became famous in the land, like Alejo's hat.
Se hizo famoso en la tierra, como el sombrero de Alejo
It became famous in the land, like Alejo's hat.
Y esque el comercio se olvido de cuando
And commerce has forgotten when
Lleno sus arcas con nuestro folklor
It filled its coffers with our folklore.
Si Juancho Polo estuviera escuchando
If Juancho Polo were listening,
Diria que ya murio la inspiracion
He would say that inspiration has died.
Pero en las calles se escuchan sus cantos
But in the streets, their songs are heard,
Y contara la historia que el valle triunfo
And they'll tell the story of the valley's triumph.
Que el vallenato se volvio costumbre
That vallenato has become a tradition,
Se vistio de fiesta alla en en exterior
It dressed up for a party over abroad,
Y el valle esta muy cerca de Fonseca
And the valley is very close to Fonseca,
Tierra del cantor...
Land of the singer...
Lo que produce hay que verlo, ese folklore de la sierra
What it produces is worth seeing, that folklore from the mountains.
Se hizo famoso en la tierra, como el sombrero de Alejo
It became famous in the land, like Alejo's hat.
Se hizo famoso en la tierra, como el sombrero de Alejo
It became famous in the land, like Alejo's hat.
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Key vocabulary
- ayer
- yesterdayA1
- camino
- roadB1
- como
- likeB1
- dice
- saysB2
- enrique
- Henry
- escuchan
- listen
- lleno
- fullB1
- olvido
- forgetfulnessB1
- cerca
- nearA1
- aires
- airsA1
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About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.