
Ismael Rivera
Simbad el marino lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1966
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 2:52
Que Simbad El Marino se fue
That Sinbad the Sailor left
Con su barco a navegar
With his ship to sail
Y me dijo que gran pesca traería al regresar
And he told me he'd bring back a great catch
Y yo le dije que sin caña era imposible pescar
And I told him that without a rod it was impossible to fish
El me dijo, "No es la caña, mulato; que es maña lo que hay que usar"
He said to me, 'It's not the rod, my friend; it's skill that you must use'
Pero sin vara, sin, sin vara
But without a pole, no, no pole
Sin vara tu no va' pescar
Without a pole you won't fish
Simbad sin vara, Simbad
Sinbad without a pole, Sinbad
(Belén)
(Belén)
(Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)
(Without a pole, Sinbad the Sailor, without a pole you won't fish)
Mari Belén, su botecito de vela, Simba' El Marino fue a pescar
Mari Belén, her little sailing boat, Simba' El Marino went fishing
(Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)
(Without a rod, Simbad El Marino, without a rod he won't fish)
No va' venir, pero me dice que no es la caña
He's not going to come, but he tells me it's not the rod
Que es maña lo que hay que usar
It's skill that you need to use
(Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)
(Without a rod, Simbad El Marino, without a rod he won't fish)
Sin, sin, sin vara, sin vara, sin, sin, sin vara, sin vara, sin
Without, without, without a rod, without a rod, without, without, without a rod, without a rod, without
Mari Belenba' no va' pescar
Mari Belenba' isn't going to fish
(Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)
(Without a rod, Simbad El Marino, without a rod he won't fish)
Oye sin, sin, sin vara
Hey without, without, without a rod
Que tu me dice' que eres un oso
That you tell me you're a bear
Pero sin vara tu no va' pescar
But without a rod you won't go fishing
(Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)
(Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod you won't go fishing)
(Almuerza mulato, almuerza)
(Have lunch mulatto, have lunch)
(Pero que siga)
(But let it continue)
(Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)
(Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod you won't go fishing)
Sin vara, sin, sin
Without a rod, without, without
Sin vara, sin, sin
Without a rod, without, without
Sin vara, sin vara tu no va' pescar
Without a rod, without a rod you won't go fishing
(Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)
(Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod you won't go fishing)
Aunque sin la vara tu no va' pescar
Even without the rod you won't go fishing
Mi rumba te la vas a bailar
You're going to dance to my rumba
(Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)
(Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod he won't catch)
Sin vara, sin vara, sin vara, sin vara, sin vara
Without a rod, without a rod, without a rod, without a rod, without a rod
No, ¿Qué va? Mira no, no
No, what's up? Look, no, no
Tu no va' pescar
You're not going to catch
(Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)
(Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod he won't catch)
No va venir, Come Machete
He won't come, Come Machete
Me dice que no es la caña
He tells me it's not the bait
Que es la maña lo que hay que usar
That it's the skill you've got to use
(Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)
(Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod he won't catch)
Sin vara, sin, sin, sin vara
Without a rod, without, without, without a rod
Sin vara, sin
Without a rod, without
Mari Belenba' tu no va' pescar
Mari Belenba', you won't be fishing
(Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)
(Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod won't be fishing)
(Componte)
(Behave yourself)
Key vocabulary
- pescar
- to fishA1
- almuerza
- lunch
- aunque
- althoughB1
- bailar
- danceA1
- barco
- boatA1
- belén
- BethlehemA2
- belenba
- —
- botecito
- small boat
- caña
- sugarcaneA2
- come
- eatsA2
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.