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Simbad el marino – Ismael Rivera

Ismael Rivera

Simbad el marino lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Released
1966
Genre
Salsa
Length
2:52
  1. Que Simbad El Marino se fue

    That Sinbad the Sailor left

  2. Con su barco a navegar

    With his ship to sail

  3. Y me dijo que gran pesca traería al regresar

    And he told me he'd bring back a great catch

  4. Y yo le dije que sin caña era imposible pescar

    And I told him that without a rod it was impossible to fish

  5. 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'

  6. Pero sin vara, sin, sin vara

    But without a pole, no, no pole

  7. Sin vara tu no va' pescar

    Without a pole you won't fish

  8. Simbad sin vara, Simbad

    Sinbad without a pole, Sinbad

  9. (Belén)

    (Belén)

  10. (Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)

    (Without a pole, Sinbad the Sailor, without a pole you won't fish)

  11. Mari Belén, su botecito de vela, Simba' El Marino fue a pescar

    Mari Belén, her little sailing boat, Simba' El Marino went fishing

  12. (Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)

    (Without a rod, Simbad El Marino, without a rod he won't fish)

  13. 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

  14. Que es maña lo que hay que usar

    It's skill that you need to use

  15. (Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)

    (Without a rod, Simbad El Marino, without a rod he won't fish)

  16. 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

  17. Mari Belenba' no va' pescar

    Mari Belenba' isn't going to fish

  18. (Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)

    (Without a rod, Simbad El Marino, without a rod he won't fish)

  19. Oye sin, sin, sin vara

    Hey without, without, without a rod

  20. Que tu me dice' que eres un oso

    That you tell me you're a bear

  21. Pero sin vara tu no va' pescar

    But without a rod you won't go fishing

  22. (Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)

    (Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod you won't go fishing)

  23. (Almuerza mulato, almuerza)

    (Have lunch mulatto, have lunch)

  24. (Pero que siga)

    (But let it continue)

  25. (Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)

    (Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod you won't go fishing)

  26. Sin vara, sin, sin

    Without a rod, without, without

  27. Sin vara, sin, sin

    Without a rod, without, without

  28. Sin vara, sin vara tu no va' pescar

    Without a rod, without a rod you won't go fishing

  29. (Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)

    (Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod you won't go fishing)

  30. Aunque sin la vara tu no va' pescar

    Even without the rod you won't go fishing

  31. Mi rumba te la vas a bailar

    You're going to dance to my rumba

  32. (Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)

    (Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod he won't catch)

  33. 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

  34. No, ¿Qué va? Mira no, no

    No, what's up? Look, no, no

  35. Tu no va' pescar

    You're not going to catch

  36. (Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)

    (Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod he won't catch)

  37. No va venir, Come Machete

    He won't come, Come Machete

  38. Me dice que no es la caña

    He tells me it's not the bait

  39. Que es la maña lo que hay que usar

    That it's the skill you've got to use

  40. (Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)

    (Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod he won't catch)

  41. Sin vara, sin, sin, sin vara

    Without a rod, without, without, without a rod

  42. Sin vara, sin

    Without a rod, without

  43. Mari Belenba' tu no va' pescar

    Mari Belenba', you won't be fishing

  44. (Sin vara, Simbad El Marino, sin vara no va' pescar)

    (Without a rod, Sinbad the Sailor, without a rod won't be fishing)

  45. (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.

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🇵🇷 Ismael Rivera

Simbad el marino

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)