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La Maye – Carlos Vives

Carlos Vives

La Maye lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Released
1992
Genre
Latin Pop, Cumbia
Length
4:14
  1. Ay! Maye me mandó a llamar

    Oh! Maye called for me

  2. Como que me quiere ver

    Seems like she wants to see me

  3. Acabo e'vení de allá y ya me mando a llama otra vez (bis)

    I just came back from there and she called me again (repeat)

  4. Maye me mandó a llamar, lo que me a decir

    Maye called for me, I know what she’s going to say

  5. Me acabo de levantar, quiere que vuelva a dormir (bis)

    I just got up, she wants me to go back to sleep (repeat)

  6. Ay! Tranquilízate Maye

    Oh! Calm down, Maye

  7. Deja a Rafael tranquilo (bis)

    Leave Rafael alone (repeat)

  8. Que no me gasto por la calle

    I don't waste myself on the street

  9. Siempre te regreso lo mismo (bis)

    I always bring you back the same (repeat)

  10. Maye me mandó a llamar

    Maye called for me

  11. Yo estaba en el algodón

    I was in the cotton

  12. Vi un gusano en una flor y lo voy a fumigar

    I saw a worm in a flower and I'm going to spray it

  13. Pero la Maye no cree, que yo voy a fumigar

    But Maye doesn't believe that I'm going to spray it

  14. Acabo e'vení de allá y ya me mando a llamar otra vez

    I just came back from there and she called me again

  15. Las mujeres según ella, todas son de Rafael

    According to her, all the women belong to Rafael

  16. Pa'viví con esta pena, vivo solo y sin mujer (bis)

    To live with this sorrow, I live alone and without a woman (repeat)

  17. Lo que voy a contá ahora van a pensar que es locura

    What I'm about to tell now will make them think I'm crazy

  18. Porque salude a una monja me dijo metete a cura (bis)

    Because I greeted a nun, she told me to become a priest (repeat)

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Key vocabulary

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nowA1
algodón
cottonA2
allá
thereA1
como
likeB1
cree
believe
decir
sayA1
deja
leaveB2
dijo
saidB1
dormir
sleepA2
esta
isA1

About this song

Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.

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La Maye

Ay! Maye me mandó a llamar

Oh! Maye called for me

Como que me quiere ver

Seems like she wants to see me

Acabo e'vení de allá y ya me mando a llama otra vez (bis)

I just came back from there and she called me again (repeat)

Maye me mandó a llamar, lo que me a decir

Maye called for me, I know what she’s going to say

Me acabo de levantar, quiere que vuelva a dormir (bis)

I just got up, she wants me to go back to sleep (repeat)

Ay! Tranquilízate Maye

Oh! Calm down, Maye

Deja a Rafael tranquilo (bis)

Leave Rafael alone (repeat)

Que no me gasto por la calle

I don't waste myself on the street

Siempre te regreso lo mismo (bis)

I always bring you back the same (repeat)

Maye me mandó a llamar

Maye called for me

Yo estaba en el algodón

I was in the cotton

Vi un gusano en una flor y lo voy a fumigar

I saw a worm in a flower and I'm going to spray it

Pero la Maye no cree, que yo voy a fumigar

But Maye doesn't believe that I'm going to spray it

Acabo e'vení de allá y ya me mando a llamar otra vez

I just came back from there and she called me again

Las mujeres según ella, todas son de Rafael

According to her, all the women belong to Rafael

Pa'viví con esta pena, vivo solo y sin mujer (bis)

To live with this sorrow, I live alone and without a woman (repeat)

Lo que voy a contá ahora van a pensar que es locura

What I'm about to tell now will make them think I'm crazy

Porque salude a una monja me dijo metete a cura (bis)

Because I greeted a nun, she told me to become a priest (repeat)