Carlos Vives
La mona del Cañaguate lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2023
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 2:58
La mona del Cañaguate
The monkey of Cañaguate
Que se ha propuesto acabar conmigo, ay
Who has vowed to bring me down, oh
La mona del Cañaguate
The monkey of Cañaguate
Que se ha propuesto acabar conmigo
Who has vowed to bring me down
Porque hace dos años vivo
Because I've been living for two years
Buscándola en todas partes
Searching for her everywhere
Porque hace dos años vivo
Because I've been living for two years
Buscándola en todas partes
Searching for her everywhere
Mi compadre Egidio Cuadrado
My buddy Egidio Cuadrado
Ese sí sabe por quién me muero
He knows who I'm dying for
Porque yo la sigo viendo
Because I still see her
Y ella no se ve conmigo
And she doesn't see me, oh!
Porque yo la sigo viendo
Because I still see her
Y ella no se ve conmigo, ¡ay!
And she doesn't see me, ay!
Yo quisiera verte, Carmen
I wish to see you, Carmen
Para ver si así me alivio
To see if it eases my pain
Yo quisiera verte, Carmen
I wish to see you, Carmen
Para ver si así me alivio
To see if it eases my pain
Ay, Carmen, qué dolor
Oh, Carmen, what hurt
Yo les voy a contá' una historia
I’m going to tell you a story
Porque me gusta salí' a la calle
Because I like to go out on the street
Que les voy a contá' una historia
That I’m going to tell you a story
Porque me gusta salí' a la calle
Because I like to go out on the street
Buscando un alivio, mona
Searching for relief, monkey
Pa que se calmen mis males
So my woes can calm down
Buscando un alivio, mona
Searching for relief, monkey
Pa que se calmen mis males
So my woes can calm down
Y es que mucha pena tendría que darte
And it's that I would have to give you a lot of sorrow
Cuando por culpa de tu persona
When because of your person
Y te digan que Escalona
They tell you that Escalona
Se murió en el Cañaguate
Died in Cañaguate
Y te digan que Escalona
And they tell you that Escalona
Se murió en el Cañaguate
Died in Cañaguate
Que fue por tu culpa, mona
That it was your fault, monkey
Te dirán en todas partes
They will tell you everywhere
Que fue por tu culpa, mona
That it was your fault, monkey
Te dirán en todas partes
They will tell you everywhere
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Key vocabulary
- acabar
- finishB1
- así
- like thisA1
- buscando
- seeking
- calle
- streetA1
- conmigo
- with meB1
- darte
- to give youB2
- digan
- sayB2
- dirán
- will say
- dolor
- painA2
- dos
- twoA1
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About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.