Ismael Rivera
La llaman solita lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1967
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 2:58
La llaman solita
They call her alone
Y la están llamando mal
And they're calling her wrong
Porque ella solita
Because she alone
Ni un momentito lo puede estar
Can't be alone not for a moment
A ella, a ella la llaman solita
They call her, they call her alone
Que la están llamando mal
That they're calling her wrong
Porque ella solita
Because she alone
Ni un momentito lo puede estar
Can't be alone not for a moment
Ya lo verás, Pascual
You'll see it, Pascual
La llaman solita
They call her alone
Y la están llamando mal
And they are calling her wrong
Porque ella solita
Because she’s all alone
Ni un momentito lo puede estar
Not for a little moment can she be
Te lo digo yo, te lo digo yo
I tell you, I tell you
Te lo digo yo, te digo que bebe
I tell you, I tell you she drinks
Y bebe que siempre como una estaca
And she drinks like it’s always been a stake
Ella se bebe el Nilo
She drinks up the Nile
Y se queda mirando pa'l Guajataca
And she keeps looking towards Guajataca
Recógeme, recógeme, solita
Pick me up, pick me up, all alone
La llaman solita
They call her all alone
Y la están llamando mal
And they're calling her wrong
Porque ella solita
Because she's all alone
Ni un momentito lo puede estar
Not even for a moment can she be still
No te le acerques, muchacho
Don't get close to her, boy
Porque de ella nadie se escapa
Because no one escapes from her
Porque ella solita
Because she's all alone
Ni un momentito y a todos ataca
Not even for a moment, and she attacks everyone
La llaman solita
They call her lonely
Y la están llamando mal
And they're calling her wrong
Porque ella solita
Because she's all alone
Ni un momentito lo puede estar
Not even for a moment can she be still
Que camina con sabrosura
She walks with such a groove
Está bien buena y sabe cocinar
She's really fine and knows how to cook
Y dicen que por eso
And they say that's why
Solita nunca ella puede estar
All alone, she can never be
¡Guíllele!
Guide her!
¡Por ahí, yeh!
Over there, yeh!
La llaman solita
They call her lonely
Y la están llamando mal
And they're calling her wrong
Porque ella solita
Because she's all alone
Ni un momentito lo puede estar
Not even a little moment can it be
Un día a su casa llegué
One day I arrived at her house
Y te digo que no pude entrar
And I tell you I couldn't get in
Porque allá habían como veinte
Because there were like twenty over there
Y todos me querían zumbar
And they all wanted to throw me out
Y tuve que embalar
And I had to pack up
La llaman solita
They call her all alone
Y la están llamando mal
And they're calling her wrong
Porque ella solita
Because she's all alone
Ni un momentito lo puede estar
Not even a little moment can it be
Te digo, te digo, te digo
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you
Que bebe y bebe que siempre como una estaca
That she drinks and drinks like she's always on a stake
Ella se bebe el Nilo
She drinks the Nile
Y se queda mirando pa'l Guajataca
And just keeps gazing at Guajataca
¡Juega!
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Key vocabulary
- estar
- beA2
- pa'l
- for the
- acerques
- approach
- ahí
- thereB1
- allá
- thereA1
- ataca
- attacks
- bebe
- baby
- bien
- wellA2
- buena
- goodA2
- camina
- walks
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About this song
Firmly fixed in the Latin music firmament as "El Sonero Mayor" (The Greatest Singer), Ismael Rivera was blessed with a gloriously husky voice, which he honed into a unique improvisational instrument.