Ismael Rivera
No soy para ti lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1975
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 4:49
Quien te dijo mami
Who told you, mommy
Salpica pa allá
Splash over there
Quien te dijo a ti, que yo
Who told you that I
Por siempre, sere para ti
Forever, I'll be for you
No te engañes mas, difícil
Don't fool yourself anymore, it's hard
Que vuelva a ser de ti
That I will be yours again
Si piensas que yo, sere para ti
If you think that I will be for you
Si piensas que yo, sere para ti
If you think that I will be for you
Belemba que estas equivocaada
Belemba, you're mistaken
Ecuajey
Ecuajey
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You know well that I'm not for you
Yo no soy para ti, yo no soy para ti
I'm not for you, I'm not for you
Sin embargo hace veinte años, vengo cantando pa ti
However, I've been singing for you for twenty years
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You know well that I'm not for you
Oye, oye maia linda quien te dijo a ti que yo iba a querer
Hey, hey pretty lady, who told you that I would love
A una mujer de tu proceder
A woman of your kind
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You know well that I'm not for you
Si piensas que yo sere para ti, no te engañes
If you think that I will be for you, don't deceive yourself
Sacude ti ti
Shake it off, shake it off
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You know well that I'm not for you
Ecuajey
Ecuajey
Echa caldo
Pour the broth
Que lo zapato estan duros, suena
Those shoes are tough, they squeak
Suena, que que, ecuajey
Squeak, what what, ecuajey
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You know well that I am not for you
Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo, maia buena linda
Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo, beautiful maia
Yo no soy para ti, yo no soy para ti, vengo cantando pa ti
I am not for you, I am not for you, I come singing for you
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You know well that I am not for you
Si piensas que yo sere para ti
If you think I will be for you
Tu estas equivocada
You are mistaken
Sacude ti ti
Shake it, shake it
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You well know that I'm not meant for you
Ecujey
Ecujey
Pa lante y pa lante como el elefante suena,
Forward and forward, like the elephant it sounds,
Quema, que que, ecuajey
Burn, oh oh, ecuajey
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You well know that I'm not meant for you
Dime lemba maribelemba maribelemba
Tell me, lemba maribelemba maribelemba
Dime quien te dijo a ti
Tell me who told you
Que yo iba querer a una mujer de tu proceder
That I would want a woman of your kind
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You well know that I'm not meant for you
Yo no soy para ti pa ti, pero no soy para ti
I'm not for you, but I don't belong to you.
Pero vacila mi rumba que traigo pa ti
But feel my rhythm that I bring for you.
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You know well that I'm not for you.
Pon te
Put it on.
Hullelo
Hullelo.
Ecuajey
Ecuajey.
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You know well that I'm not for you.
No te engañes mas, difícil sera
Don't fool yourself anymore, it will be hard.
Que yo vuelva, a ser para ti
For me to return, to be for you.
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You know well that I'm not for you.
Ven, para que goze mi rumba que traigo pa ti
Come, so you can enjoy my rumba that I bring for you
Ven belembe
Come belembe
Pa que vacile lili
So you can party, lili
Bien sabes que yo, no soy para ti
You well know that I'm not for you
Ecuajey suena
Ecuajey sounds
Sacude
Shake it
Ecuajey
Ecuajey
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Key vocabulary
- equivocaada
- mistaken
- duros
- hardB1
- equivocada
- wrongC1
- ecujey
- word
- maribelemba
- unknown
- allá
- thereA1
- años
- yearsA1
- belemba
- hand drum
- belembe
- unknown
- bien
- wellA1
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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.