Carlos Vives
La colegiala lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2009
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 3:36
¡Ayyyy!
Ohhhh!
No puedo comprenderte si es que me quieres o me desprecias
I can't understand you whether you love me or disdain me
Porque extrañablemente he sentido cosas en ti, mujer
Because I’ve dearly felt things for you, woman
No quieres que yo vaya y le hable a tus padres porque te aprietan
You don’t want me to go and talk to your parents because they pressure you
Porque ellos tienen plata y yo simplemente soy un chofer
Because they have money and I'm just a driver
No quieres que yo vaya y le hable a tus padres porque te aprietan
You don’t want me to go and talk to your parents because they pressure you
Porque ellos tienen plata y yo simplemente soy un chofer
Because they have money and I'm just a driver
Entonces por qué mujer
So why, woman
Te enamoraste de mí
Did you fall in love with me
Sabiendo que este chofer
Knowing that this driver
No puede hacerte feliz
Can't make you happy
Sabiendo que este chofer
Knowing that this driver
No puede hacerte feliz
Can't make you happy
No niego que soy pobre y que sólo vivo de mi trabajo
I don’t deny that I’m poor and I only live off my work
No tengo esa belleza, ni esa riqueza que tiene usted
I don't have that beauty, nor that wealth that you possess
Sé que eres colegiala, de buen plantel, de bachillerato
I know you're a schoolgirl, from a good school, in high school
Pero de nada vale tu educación ante mi honradez
But your education means nothing against my honesty
Sé que eres colegiala, de buen plantel, de bachillerato
I know you're a schoolgirl, from a good school, in high school
Pero de nada vale tu educación ante mi honradez
But your education means nothing against my honesty
Entonces por qué mujer
So why, woman
Te enamoraste de mí
Did you fall in love with me
Sabiendo que este chofer
Knowing that this driver
No puede hacerte feliz
Can't make you happy
Entonces por qué mujer
So why, woman
Te enamoraste de mí
Did you fall in love with me
Sabiendo que este chofer
Knowing that this driver
No puede hacerte feliz
Can't make you happy
Mejor anda con cuidado
You better be careful
O apártate de mi lado
Or stay away from me
Entonces por qué mujer
So why, woman
Te enamoraste de mí
Did you fall in love with me
Sabiendo que este chofer
Knowing that this driver
No puede hacerte feliz
Can't make you happy
Entonces por qué mujer
So why, woman
Te enamoraste de mí
Did you fall in love with me
Sabiendo que este chofer
Knowing that this driver
No puede hacerte feliz
Can't make you happy
Mejor anda con cuidado
You better be careful
Y apártate de mi lado
And stay away from me
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Key vocabulary
- anda
- walkB2
- ante
- beforeB2
- buen
- goodA1
- cosas
- thingsA1
- entonces
- thenA2
- sólo
- onlyB2
- apártate
- move away
- aprietan
- tighten
- ayyyy
- ouch
- bachillerato
- bachelorB1
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About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.