
Carlos Vives
La puya puyá lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1995
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 4:57
De los aires vallenatos
From the vallenato airs
De los aires vallenatos
From the vallenato airs
La puya es la más templá
The puya is the most refined
Creo que vengo preparado
I believe I'm well-prepared
Pa' poderla ejecutá
To be able to perform it
Aunque muy poco es grabada
Though it's very little recorded
Dizque porque no se vende
They say it's because it doesn't sell
Pero hay que tener presente
But we must keep in mind
Que hay que saberla tocá
That you have to know how to play it
La puya vallenata está olvidá
The vallenato puya is forgotten
Porque nadie la quiere ya grabá
Because nobody wants to record it anymore
Con la puya se alegra el festival
With the puya, the festival comes alive
Sin la puya no se puede ganá
Without the puya, you can't win
Sin la puya no se puede ganá
Without the puya, you can't win
Sin la puya no se puede ganá
Without the puya, you can't win
Canto y toco el acordeón
I sing and play the accordion
Que es la única herencia mía
For it's the only inheritance I have
Quiero mucho este folclor
I love this folklore so much
Que es parte de mi alegría
For it's part of my joy
Por eso sigo tocando
That's why I keep playing
Son, paseo, merengue y puya
Son, paseo, merengue, and puya
Como soy buen provinciano
As a good provincial man
La toco con sabrosura
I play it with flavor
La puya vallenata está olvidá
The vallenato puya is forgotten
Porque nadie la quiere ya grabá
Because nobody wants to record it anymore
Con la puya se alegra el festival
With the puya, the festival comes alive
Sin la puya no se puede ganá
Without the puya, you can't win
Sin la puya no se puede ganá
Without the puya, you can't win
Sin la puya no se puede ganá
Without the puya, you can't win
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Key vocabulary
- alegría
- joyB2
- aunque
- althoughB1
- buen
- goodA1
- canto
- songC2
- como
- likeB1
- creo
- I thinkA1
- eso
- thatA1
- mía
- mineC1
- nadie
- nobodyA2
- porque
- becauseB1
About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.