Gaby Moreno
Garrick lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Pop, Rock, R&B, Latin Pop
- Length
- 4:21
Yo vi, la función
I saw, the performance
Fui testigo de aquella ovación
I was a witness to that ovation
Eran mil, talvez más
There were a thousand, maybe more
Sin sospechar jamás
Without ever suspecting
Sufrían del spleen
They suffered from the spleen
Escapaban de un ocio sin fin
Escaping from an endless boredom
El remedio infalible
The foolproof remedy
Era ver al gran Garrick
Was to see the great Garrick
Marionetas saltan y las ponen a bailar
Puppets jump and they make them dance
Empieza la comedia y todos ríen sin parar
The comedy begins and everyone laughs nonstop
Ja ja, ja ja
Ha ha, ha ha
Ja ja, ja ja
Ha ha, ha ha
Ja ja, ja ja
Ha ha, ha ha
Ja ja, ja ja
Ha ha, ha ha
Al poco tiempo un señor
Not long after, a man
Ante un médico se presentó
Presented himself before a doctor
Su mirada oscura y triste decía
His dark and sorrowful gaze said
Que moría por morir
That he was dying to die
Siguió una larga interrogación
A long questioning followed
Y al ver que nada le causaba emoción
And seeing that nothing stirred his emotion
El médico exclamó
The doctor exclaimed
¡Tu mal se ha de extinguir!
"Your ailment shall be extinguished!"
¡Al ver al gran Garrick!
"Upon seeing the great Garrick!"
Marionetas saltan y las ponen a bailar
Puppets jump and they start to dance
Empieza la comedia y todos ríen sin parar
The comedy begins and everyone laughs nonstop
Ja ja, ja ja
Ha ha, ha ha
Ja ja, ja ja
Ha ha, ha ha
Ja ja, ja ja
Ha ha, ha ha
Ja ja, ja oh-oh
Ha ha, ha oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh, uh
No, oh, no-oh, oh-oh-oh
Riaba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-babam
Da-da, hm da-da, hm da-da, hm
Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
Riaba-ba-ba-bam
Bam, uh
El hombre sonrió
The man smiled
Con ojos húmedos
With wet eyes
"Yo no me curo así
"I don't heal this way"
Yo soy Garrick!"
I am Garrick!
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Key vocabulary
- marionetas
- marionettesC1
- saltan
- jump
- ponen
- put
- bailar
- danceA1
- empieza
- beginsA1
- ríen
- laugh
- ante
- beforeB2
- médico
- doctorA1
- decía
- saidB2
- moría
- was dying
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About this song
Gaby Moreno is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter who works in Americana, performing in both Spanish and English. She is known for her Emmy- and Grammy-nominated compositions and for recording music for film and television, including Parks and Recreation, Orange Is the New Black, and Cabinet of Curiosities.