Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
El Niágara en bicicleta lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2013
- Genre
- Merengue
- Length
- 4:26
Me dio una sirimba un domingo en la mañana
A dizzy spell hit me on a Sunday morning
Cuando menos lo pensaba
When I least expected it
Caí redondo, como una guanábana, sobre la alcantarilla
I fell flat, like a soursop, onto the drain
Será la presión o me ha subido la bilirrubina
Is it the pressure or has my bilirubin skyrocketed?
Y me entró la calentura
And I was burning up
Y me fui poniendo blanco como bola de naftalina
And I turned pale like a ball of mothballs
Me llevaron a un hospital de gente supuestamente
They took me to a hospital full of supposed people
En la emergencia, el recepcionista escuchaba la lotería (¡30 000 pesos!)
In the emergency room, the receptionist listened to the lottery (30,000 pesos!)
Alguien se apiadate de mí
Someone have pity on me
Grité perdiendo el sentido
I screamed, losing my senses
Y una enfermera se acercó a mi oreja y me dijo
And a nurse leaned close to my ear and told me
"Tranquilo, Bobby, tranquilo"
"Calm down, Bobby, calm down"
Me acarició con sus manos de Ben Gay y me dijo
She stroked me with her Ben Gay hands and said
"Qué le pasa, atleta"
"What's wrong, athlete?"
Y le conté con lujo de detalles lo que me había sucedido
And I detailed to her what had happened to me
Hay que chequearte la presión
We need to check your blood pressure
Pero la sala está ocupada y, mi querido
But the room is occupied and, my dear
En este hospital no hay luz para un electrocardiograma
In this hospital, there's no light for an electrocardiogram
Abrí los ojos como luna llena y me agarré la cabeza (je)
I opened my eyes like a full moon and held my head (ha)
Porque es muy duro
Because it's really tough
Pasar el Niágara en bicicleta
Crossing Niagara by bike
No me digan que los médicos se fueron (oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me the doctors have gone (oh-oh-oh)
No me digan que no tienen anestesia (oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me they don't have anesthesia (oh-oh-oh)
No me digan que el alcohol se lo bebieron (oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me they drank all the alcohol (oh-oh-oh)
Y que el hilo de coser
And that the sewing thread
Fue bordado en un mantel
Was embroidered on a tablecloth
No me digan que las pinzas se perdieron (oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me the tweezers got lost (oh-oh-oh)
Que el estetoscopio está de fiesta (oh-oh-oh)
That the stethoscope is at a party (oh-oh-oh)
Que los rayos X se fundieron (oh-oh-oh)
That the X-rays melted (oh-oh-oh)
Y que el suero ya se usó
And that the serum has already been used
Para endulzar el café
To sweeten the coffee
Me apoyé de sus hombros como un cojo a su muleta
I leaned on her shoulders like a lame man on his crutch
Y le dije: "¿qué hago, princesa?"
And I said to her: 'What should I do, princess?'
Y en un papel de receta me escribió muy dulcemente
And on a prescription pad, she sweetly wrote to me
Lo siento, atleta
I'm sorry, athlete
Me acarició con sus manos de Ben Gay y siguió su destino
She caressed me with her Ben Gay hands and continued on her path
Y oí claramente cuando dijo a otro paciente
And I clearly heard when she said to another patient
"Tranquilo, Bobby, tranquilo"
'Relax, Bobby, relax'
Bajé los ojos a media asta y me agarré la cabeza
I lowered my eyes to half-mast and held my head
Porque es muy duro
Because it's very hard
Pasar el Niágara en bicicleta
To cross Niagara on a bike
No me digan que los médicos se fueron (oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me the doctors have left (oh-oh-oh)
No me digan que no tienen anestesia (oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me they're out of anesthesia (oh-oh-oh)
No me digan que el alcohol se lo bebieron (oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me they drank all the alcohol (oh-oh-oh)
Y que el hilo de coser
And that the sewing thread
Fue bordado en un mantel
Was embroidered on a tablecloth
No me digan que las pinzas se perdieron (oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me the tweezers got lost (oh-oh-oh)
Que el estetoscopio está de fiesta (oh-oh-oh)
That the stethoscope is at a party (oh-oh-oh)
Que los rayos X se fundieron (oh-oh-oh)
That the X-rays have melted down (oh-oh-oh)
Y que el suero ya se usó
And that the serum has already been used
Para endulzar el café
To sweeten the coffee
El Niágara en bicicleta
Niagara on a bicycle
En bicicleta (oh, no)
On a bicycle (oh, no)
No me digan que me va cayendo
Don't tell me I'm falling
De tanto dolor
From so much pain
No me digan que las aspirinas
Don't tell me that the aspirin
Cambian de color
Change color
No me digan que me van pariendo
Don't tell me they're birthing me
Que le falta amor
That love is lacking
No me digan que le está latiendo
Don't tell me it's still beating
Oh, no
No me digan que me va cayendo
Don't tell me that I'm falling apart
De tanto dolor
From so much pain
No me digan que las aspirinas
Don't tell me that the aspirin
Cambian de color
Changes color
No me digan que me van pariendo
Don't tell me that I'm being born again
Que le falta amor
That I'm lacking love
No me digan que le está latiendo
Don't tell me that it's beating for me
Oh, no
No me digan que me va cayendo
Don't tell me that I'm falling apart
De tanto dolor
From so much pain
No me digan que las aspirinas
Don't tell me that the aspirin
Cambian de color
Changes color
No me digan que me van pariendo
Don't tell me that they are giving birth to me
Que le falta amor
That it's lacking love
No me digan que le está latiendo
Don't tell me that it's beating
Oh, no
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Key vocabulary
- destino
- fateB2
- detalles
- detailsB2
- digan
- sayB2
- dije
- saidB2
- dio
- gaveB2
- endulzar
- sweetenB2
- hilo
- threadB2
- llena
- fullB2
- rayos
- raysB2
- será
- will beB2
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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.