Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Requiem sobre el Jaragua (Le dién dinamita) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1991
- Genre
- Merengue
- Length
- 3:16
Le die(ro)n dinamita
I gave them dynamite
un Martes en la tarde
on a Tuesday afternoon
se pasa(ro)n el día
they spent the day
pegando los cables
connecting the wires
Le dién dinamita
I gave them dynamite
con pico de calle
with a street pick
por más que le dieron
no matter how much they hit
Jaragua no cae
Jaragua won't fall
Le dién dinamita
I gave them dynamite
to(do) el pueblo lo sabe
everyone in town knows
la luna reía
the moon was laughing
los buenos no caen
the good don't fall
Le dién dinamita
They gave him dynamite
lo dije, compadre
I said it, buddy
por más que le dieron
no matter how much they hit him
Jaragua no cae
Jaragua won't fall
(¡Nada más falta que nos tumben la luna, viejo...!)
(Nothing else is missing but for them to knock down the moon, old man...)
Le dién dinamita
They gave him dynamite
tó el pueblo lo sabe
everyone in the town knows
por más que le dieron
no matter how much they hit him
Jaragua no cae
Jaragua doesn't fall
Le dién dinamita
They gave it dynamite
con pico de calle
with a street pick
por más que le dieron
no matter how much they hit it
Jaragua no cae
Jaragua doesn't fall
Le dién dinamita
They gave it dynamite
el pueblo lo sabe
the people know it
le dién dinamita
they gave it dynamite
Gustavo lo sabe
Gustavo knows it
por más que le dieron
no matter how much they hit it
Jaragua no cae
Jaragua doesn't fall
Le dién dinamita
They gave it dynamite
con pico de calle
with a street pick
por más que le dieron
no matter how hard they hit it
Jaragua no cae
Jaragua doesn't fall
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Key vocabulary
- die(ro)n
- they died
- dinamita
- dynamiteB2
- dién
- having
- tó
- I drank
- nada
- nothingA2
- tarde
- lateA1
- viejo
- oldA1
- le
- to him/her/youA2
- martes
- TuesdayB2
- pasa(ro)n
- they passed
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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.