Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
El beso de la ciguatera lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1994
- Genre
- Merengue
- Length
- 4:10
Mi historia social es cartelera
My social story is a headline
Todo un personaje de novela
A real character from a novel
De amor he sufrido lo imposible
I've suffered the impossible in love
Pero ya encontré mi compañera
But I have already found my partner
Es una muchacha buena
She's a good girl
Que estudia psicología
Who studies psychology
Con Freud va arreglar la vida mía
With Freud, she'll fix my life
La invité a salir un día
I asked her out one day
Cualquiera
Any day
Psicoanalizamos las estrellas
We psychoanalyze the stars
Bebí de su mano el amor tibio
I drank warm love from her hand
Y besé su boca de maicena
And kissed her cornflour lips
Pero al besarla de pronto
But as I kissed her suddenly
Alguien apagó la luna
Someone turned off the moon
Dime vida mía
Tell me, my life
Qué te abruma
What overwhelms you
Me corre una calentura
A fever runs through me
La cabeza me dá vueltas
My head is spinning
Se me aflojan las rodillas
My knees go weak
Se me cae la resistencia
My resistance is falling apart
Y bailan en mi cabeza
And they dance in my head
Lucecitas de colores
Little lights of colors
Porque yo tengo una alegria
Because I have a joy
A tus besos besitos de amores
For your kisses, sweet little loves
Es que eso le dá a cualquiera
It's that it happens to anyone
El beso de la ciguatera
The kiss of the ciguatera
Una condena que llevo
A burden that I bear
Por comer pescado de arena
For eating sand fish
Se me aflojan los huesitos
My little bones get loose
De los piés a la cabeza
From my feet to my head
No hay antídoto en la tierra
There is no antidote on earth
Ni en medio de las estrellas
Nor in the midst of the stars
Ni un tesecito que cure
Not a little tea that heals
El beso de la ciguatera
The kiss of the ciguatera
Psicoanaliza mi pena
Psychoanalyze my sorrow
Como freudiana morena
Like a freudian brunette
Un meneadito que heredo
A little shake that I inherit
De alguna tribu de Nigeria
From some tribe in Nigeria
No hay antídoto en la tierra
There is no antidote on earth
Ni en medio de las estrellas
Nor in the midst of the stars
Ni un tesecito que cure
Not even a little tea that heals
El beso de la ciguatera
The kiss of the ciguatera
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Key vocabulary
- tibio
- lukewarmC1
- le
- to him/her/youA2
- medio
- halfA2
- novela
- novelA2
- va
- goesA2
- vida
- lifeA2
- ya
- alreadyA2
- dá
- giveB1
- imposible
- impossibleB1
- llevo
- I carryB1
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About this song
Dominican singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer Juan Luis Guerra Seijas creates Latin music, especially merengue and bachata. He has won multiple awards including 31 Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards, and he is recognized for major charting releases and producing credits.