Guillermo Anderson
Costa Y Calor lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Length
- 3:36
Una niña que juega junto al mar
A girl playing by the sea
Canto de hombres que vienen de pescar
Songs of men coming back from fishing
Sol que baña de luz el corazón
Sun that bathes the heart in light
Y que llega a ala orilla hecha canción
And reaches the shore turned into a song
Palmerita que baila Yancunú
Little palm tree dancing Yancunú
Sombra de mazapán mango y bambú
Shade of marzipan, mango, and bamboo
Piel de coco y ojitos de carey
Coconut skin and turtle shell eyes
Donde el mar es indiscutible rey
Where the sea is the undeniable king
Tamborista maraca inspiración
Drummer, maraca, inspiration
Noche dulce calor tabaco y ron
Sweet night, warmth, tobacco, and rum
Tierra mía de yuca y caracol
My land of cassava and snail
Dios me puso a crecer bajo tu sol
God made me grow beneath your sun
Magia del mar
Magic of the sea
Reino que invitas al pelícano a jugar
Kingdom that invites the pelican to play
Dame tu luz
Give me your light
Baña mi ser
Wash my being
Dame las fuerzas que me incitan a querer
Give me the strength that stirs my desire to love
Magia del mar
Magic of the sea
Reino que invitas al pelícano a jugar
Kingdom that invites the pelican to play
Dame tu luz
Give me your light
Baña mi ser
Bathe my being
Dame las fuerzas que me incitan a querer
Give me the strength that urges me to love
Guacamaya que canta al descubrir
Macaw that sings upon discovery
Que un penacho del sol ya va a salir
That a crest of the sun is about to rise
Maravilla del agua que al caer
Wonder of the water that, when it falls
Se convierte en sonrisa de mujer
Turns into a woman's smile
Arcoiris milagro de color
Rainbow, miracle of color
Paraíso en un pétalo de flor
Paradise in a petal of a flower
Magia del mar
Magic of the sea
Reino que invitas al pelícano a jugar
Kingdom that invites the pelican to play
Dame tu luz
Give me your light
Baña mi ser
Bathed in my being
Dame las fuerzas que me incitan a querer
Give me the strength that drives me to love
Magia del mar
Magic of the sea
Reino que invitas al pelícano a jugar
Kingdom that invites the pelican to play
Dame tu luz
Give me your light
Baña mi ser
Bathed in my being
Dame las fuerzas que me incitan a querer
Give me the strength that drives me to love
A querer
To love
A querer
To love
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Key vocabulary
- arcoiris
- rainbow
- milagro
- miracleB2
- paraíso
- paradiseB2
- descubrir
- discoverA1
- hombres
- menA1
- jugar
- playA1
- llega
- arrivesA1
- mar
- seaA1
- niña
- girlA1
- noche
- nightA1
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About this song
Guillermo Anderson was a Honduran singer-songwriter. He is known for lyrics that address ecology and social problems.