Carlos Vives
Paraguachón lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 3:17
Oiga compadre
Listen up, buddy
yo conozco muchos hombres
I know many men
que hablan de machos
who talk about being tough
cuando están bebiendo ron
when they're drinking rum.
Los invito a Paraguachon
I invite them to Paraguachon
pa'que prueben sus pantalones
to see how brave they really are.
Paraguachon es un arroyo
Paraguachon is a stream
que hizo el diablo.
made by the devil.
Y que divide a Colombia
And it divides Colombia
de Venezuela
from Venezuela.
allí me invitó un venezolano,
A Venezuelan invited me there,
mira chico tú aquí no llegas
look, boy, you won't get here.
A dónde estarán mis cochinos?
Where have my piglets gone?
que en la noche se han perdido
that at night they've vanished.
mis cochinos dónde estarán?
Where could my piglets be?
se han perdido en la paliza (bis)
they've disappeared in the beatdown (repeat).
Yo soy de buena
I’m of good stock,
y ningún cerdo se me ha ido
and no pig has slipped away from me,
porque del carro
because from the truck
no salen sin amarrar.
they don't get out without being tied.
Ay yo no voy a trabajá,
Oh, I am not going to work,
para meté a otro indio
to bring in another Indian
de un Sanjuanero
from a Sanjuanero
que se jalaba las greñas
who would pull at his hair.
Me causo risa
It made me laugh,
y entonces le dije yo:
and then I told him:
Ay eso es castigo de Dios
Oh, that’s God’s punishment,
porque tienes muy mala lengua
because you have a very foul mouth.
Adónde estará mi lechón?
Where could my piglet be?
Ay perdido en Paraguachon
Oh, lost in Paraguachon.
A dónde estarán mis cochinos?
Where have my piglets gone?
Que en la paliza se han perdido (bis)
That in the beatdown they've vanished (repeat).
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Key vocabulary
- aquí
- hereA1
- arroyo
- streamC2
- bebiendo
- drinking
- buena
- goodA2
- castigo
- punishmentB1
- cuando
- whenB1
- dios
- godA2
- lengua
- tongueA2
- mala
- badA2
- mira
- lookA2
About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.