Carlos Vives
La cañaguatera lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1993
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 3:15
Te juro que yo sin tí
I swear to you that without you
Estoy acabao
I'm all finished
Cómo estoy enamorao
Oh, how I'm in love
Te alejas de mi
You walk away from me
Cómo estoy enamorao
Oh, how I'm in love
Te alejas de mi
You walk away from me
A pesar de que eres buena
Even though you're good
Me dejas por pobre
You leave me for being poor
Cómo soy un hombre noble
Since I'm a noble man
Yo sufro las penas
I suffer the sorrows
Cómo soy un hombre noble
Since I'm a noble man
Yo sufro las penas
I suffer the sorrows
En el Cañaguate
In the Cañaguate
Está mi martirio
Is my torment
En el Cañaguate
In the Cañaguate
Está mi martirio
Is my torment
Negra por qué me olvidaste
Black woman, why did you forget me?
Si yo no te olvido
If I can't forget you
Negra por qué me olvidaste
Black woman, why did you forget me?
Si yo no te olvido
If I can't forget you
Ay, negra
Oh, black woman
No dejes que yo me muera
Don't let me die
Diciendo tu nombre
Saying your name
Porque las cañaguateras
Because the women from Cañaguate
Matan a los hombres
Kill the men
Porque las cañaguateras
Because the women from Cañaguate
Matan a los hombres
Kill the men
Cómo sufro yo me quejo
Oh, how I suffer, I complain
Tu amor me condena
Your love condemns me
Cuando cruces la frontera
When you cross the border
Y te marches lejos
And you go far away
Cuando cruces la frontera
When you cross the border
Y te marches lejos
And you go far away
Que pena tan grande
What a big sorrow
Perdí la razón
I lost my reason
Que pena tan grande
What a big sorrow
Perdí la razón
I lost my reason
Porque allá en el Cañaguate
Because there in the Cañaguate
Dejé el corazón
I left my heart
Porque allá en el Cañaguate
Because there in the Cañaguate
Dejé el corazón
I left my heart
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Key vocabulary
- allá
- thereA1
- amor
- loveB1
- buena
- goodA2
- dejas
- you leaveA2
- diciendo
- sayingB2
- juro
- I swearB2
- martirio
- martyrdom
- negra
- blackB2
- olvidaste
- you forgot
- corazón
- heartB1
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About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.