
Ismael Rivera
Siete pies bajo la tierra lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1971
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 3:07
Cuando murieron veintisiete
When twenty-seven died
Con la llamada ñapimpon
With the call of ñapimpon
Iba yo por la 111 al empezar el vacilón
I was going down 111 as the party began
Que saca la flaca me dio un palo
The thin one brought me a drink
Ya que me lo iba a beber
Since I was about to drink it
El palo se me perdió
The drink got lost on me
Cuando conmigo chocó Miguel
When Miguel bumped into me
Yo te juro que me le despanto, cuando esa caña pichipen
I swear I got a scare, when that cane pichipen
Le cayó encima a un ratón
Fell on top of a mouse
Y yo lo vi volar en canto
And I saw it fly away singing
(Siete pies bajo la tierra estuviera yo)
(Seven feet under the earth I would be)
(Si no llega al vacilón aquel ratón)
(If that party mouse doesn't show up)
Caballero pero mire que siete pies bajo la tierra estuviera yo
Gentleman, but look, seven feet under the earth I would be
Oye capo, que si no llega al vacilón aquel ratón, ratón rumbero
Hey boss, if that party mouse doesn't show up, that dancing mouse
(Siete pies bajo la tierra estuviera yo)
(Seven feet under the earth I would be)
(Si no llega al vacilón aquel ratón)
(If that party mouse doesn't show up)
Déjame decirte que el la primera ves que un ratón me hace un favor
Let me tell you, it's the first time a mouse has done me a favor
Pues se tomo en mi lugar aquel tremendo palo de ron
Well, that tremendous rum bottle took my place
(Siete pies bajo la tierra estuviera yo)
(Seven feet under the earth I would be)
(Si no llega al vacilón aquel ratón)
(If that party mouse doesn't show up)
Oye pero allí estaba Carmelito Orto y la negra mía
Hey but there was Carmelito Orto and my dark one
Cuando por poco hasta el palo de ron me hace cosquillas
When the rum almost tickles me
Tremendo palo de ron
What a tremendous rum
(Siete pies bajo la tierra estuviera yo)
(I would be seven feet under the ground)
(Si no llega al vacilón aquel ratón)
(If that mouse doesn't come to the party)
Óye el trabuco
Listen to the gun
(Siete pies bajo la tierra estuviera yo)
(I would be seven feet under the ground)
(Si no llega al vacilón aquel ratón)
(If that mouse doesn't come to the party)
Caballero oiga, mire que caminando por la 111 iba yo
Sir, listen, look, I was walking on 111th
Cuando pasa la flaca me ofrecía aquel tremendo palo de ron
When the skinny one passes, she offers me that tremendous rum
(Siete pies bajo la tierra estuviera yo)
(Seven feet under the ground I would be)
(Si no llega al vacilón aquel ratón)
(If that party mouse doesn’t show up)
Déjeme decirle señora que siete pies bajo la tierra estuviera yo
Let me tell you, ma'am, that seven feet under the ground I would be
Por que si no, si no llega al vacilón aquel ratón, ratón rumbero
Because if not, if that party mouse doesn’t show up, rumba mouse
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Key vocabulary
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning “to him/to her/to you” (singular) or “to it” (in formal/impersonal uses), depending on context.A2
- capo
- boss
- allí
- thereA1
- bajo
- lowA1
- beber
- drinkA1
- caballero
- gentlemanB1
- caminando
- walking
- caña
- sugarcaneA2
- canto
- songC2
- carmelito
- Carmelite
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.