Carlos Vives
Patria lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 4:43
Con la verdad de un niño,
With the truth of a child,
La claridad del alba,
The clarity of dawn,
Con mi verso sencillo,
With my simple verse,
Quiero cantarle a mi patria
I want to sing to my homeland,
Porque le debo mucho,
Because I owe so much to you,
Y no le he dado nada
And I have given you nothing.
Porque curó mis penas
Because you healed my sorrows,
Y está herida por mis balas
And you're wounded by my bullets.
Yo sé que por la suerte de tus hijos no descansas
I know that for the fate of your children you don't rest,
Te pido me perdones, si te dañaron mis faltas
I ask you to forgive me if my faults have harmed you.
Voy a ararte con mis besos,
I'm going to plow you with my kisses,
Para alegrar tus entrañas
To brighten your insides.
Voy a bajar al estero,
I'm going down to the creek,
Voy a subir tus montañas,
I'm going to rise your mountains,
Voy a cuidarte Colombia,
I'm going to take care of you Colombia,
Como se cuida a una dama
Like one takes care of a lady.
Porque nunca entendimos,
Because we never understood,
Lo grande de esta casa,
The greatness of this house,
Y aunque somos distintos vivimos la misma causa
And though we are different, we live the same cause.
Que lluevan para todos,
Let it rain for everyone,
Estrellas de esperanza,
Stars of hope,
Y seamos uno solo para orgullo de la patria
And let us be one, for the pride of the homeland.
Ya sé que por la suerte de tus hijos no descansas
I already know that for the fate of your children you don't rest,
Te pido me perdones, si te dañaron mis faltas
I ask you to forgive me if my faults have harmed you.
Voy a ararte con mis besos,
I'm going to plow you with my kisses,
Para alegrar tus entrañas
To brighten your insides.
Voy a bajar al estero,
I'm going down to the creek,
Voy a subir tus montañas,
I'm going to rise your mountains,
Voy a cuidarte Colombia,
I'm going to take care of you Colombia,
Como se cuida a una dama
Like one takes care of a lady.
Pi pi pi pi pi pi piiii
Palomita, palomita,
Dove, dove,
Paloma del palomar (Paloma del palomar)
Pigeon of the pigeonhouse (Pigeon of the pigeonhouse),
¿Con quién dormiste anoche?
Who did you sleep with last night?
Que no me quieres hablar (Que no me quieres hablar)
That you don’t want to talk to me (That you don’t want to talk to me),
En el paso real de Arauca,
In the royal pass of Arauca,
Me salieron a matar (Me salieron a matar)
They came out to kill me (They came out to kill me).
Con una pistola de agua,
With a water pistol,
Una bala de cristal,
A bullet of glass,
Con un cuchillo de palo,
With a wooden knife,
Sin punta y sin amolar
Without a point and without sharpening.
Y así es como a mí me gusta,
And that's how I like it,
Y así es como a mí me agrada (y así es como a mi me agrada).
And that's how it pleases me (and that's how it pleases me).
Un cinco a la media noche,
A five at midnight,
Y un seis a la madrugada
And a six at dawn.
El picure con la yuca,
The picure with the yucca,
Y el pan con la carne asada (Y el pan con la carne asada)
And the bread with roasted meat (And the bread with roasted meat).
Que yo vine aquí es pa' fiesta,
I came here for a party,
Mas le ruego que le gana
But I beg you to win,
Pa' darle gusto a un amigo
To please a friend,
Y complacer a una dama
And satisfy a lady.
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Key vocabulary
- agua
- waterA1
- amigo
- friendA1
- así
- like thisA2
- bajar
- lowerA2
- besos
- kissesA2
- claridad
- clarityB2
- debo
- owe
- esperanza
- hopeC2
- fiesta
- partyA1
- cristal
- glassA2
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About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.