Carlos Vives
La hamaca grande lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1993
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 3:08
Compadre Ramón
Comrade Ramón
Compadre Ramón
Comrade Ramón
Le hago la visita
I'm making a visit
Pa'que me acepte la invitación
So you'll accept my invitation
Quiero con afecto
I want with affection
Llevar al Valle cofres de plata
To bring the Valley coffers of silver
Una bella serenata
A beautiful serenade
Con música de acordeón
With accordion music
Una bella serenata
A beautiful serenade
Con música de acordeón
With accordion music
Con notas y con folclor
With notes and with folklore
De la tierra de la hamaca
From the land of the hammock
Acompañenme
Join me
Acompañenme
Join me
A un collar de cumbia sanjacintera
To a necklace of Sanjacintera cumbia
Llevo en mi canto
I carry in my song
Con Adolfo Pacheco
With Adolfo Pacheco
Y un viejo son de Toño Fernandez
And an old tune by Toño Fernández
Y llevo una Hamaca Grande
And I carry a large hammock
Más grande que el cerro e'Maco
Larger than the hill of Maco
Y llevo una Hamaca Grande
And I carry a large hammock
Más grande que el cerro e'Maco
Larger than the hill of Maco
Pa'que el pueblo vallenato
So the vallenato town
Meciéndose en ella cante
Swaying in it sings
Y conseguiré
And I will achieve
Y conseguiré
And I will achieve
A un indio Parofo
An indigenous Parofo
Y su vieja gaita que solo cuenta
And his old gaita that only tells
Historias sagradas
Sacred stories
Que antepasados recuerdo' esconde
That ancestors' memories hide
Pa'que hermosamente toque
So it plays beautifully
Y se diga cuando venga
And it is said when it comes
Pa'que hermosamente toque
So it plays beautifully
Y se diga cuando venga
And it is said when it comes
Que también tiene leyenda
That it also has a legend
Cual la de Francisco el Hombre
Like that of Francisco el Hombre
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Key vocabulary
- bella
- beautifulA1
- canto
- songC2
- cuando
- whenB1
- cuenta
- accountA1
- diga
- sayB1
- esconde
- hideC1
- grande
- largeA1
- invitación
- invitationA2
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning “to him/to her/to you” (singular) or “to it” (in formal/impersonal uses), depending on context.A2
- leyenda
- legendB2
About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.