Marc Anthony
Lamento borincano lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2004
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 5:06
Sale loco de contento con su cargamento
He goes out crazy with joy, carrying his load
Para la ciudad, ay, para la cuidad
To the city, oh, to the city
Lleva en su pensamiento todo un mundo lleno
He carries in his mind a whole world full
De felicidad, ay, de felicidad
Of happiness, oh, of happiness
Piensa remediar su situación
He thinks of remedying his situation
Del hogar que es toda su ilusión, sí
Of the home that is all his dream, yes
Y alegre, el jibarito va cantando así
And happy, the little farmer goes singing like this
Diciendo así, cantando así por el camino
Saying like this, singing like this on the road
"Si yo vendo la carga, mi dios querido
"If I sell the load, my dear God
Un traje a mi viejita voy a comprar"
I'll buy a suit for my old lady"
Y alegre
And joyfully
También su yegua va
Also, her mare goes
Al presentir que aquel cantar
Feeling that song coming on
Es todo un himno de alegría
It's a whole hymn of happiness
Y en eso le sorprende la luz del día
And that's when the daylight surprises her
Y llegan al mercado de la ciudad
And they arrive at the market of the city
Pasa la mañana entera sin que nadie quiera
The entire morning passes without anyone wanting
Su carga comprar, ay, su carga comprar
To buy her load, oh, to buy her load
Todo, todo está desierto, y el pueblo está lleno
Everything, everything is deserted, and the town is filled
De necesidad, ay, de necesidad
With need, oh, with need
Se oye este lamento por doquier
This lament is heard everywhere,
De mi desdichada Borinquen, sí
From my unfortunate Borinquen, yes,
Y triste, el jibarito va
And sadly, the jibarito goes,
Pensando así, diciendo así, llorando así por el camino
Thinking like this, saying like this, crying like this along the way.
"Que será de Borinquen mi dios querido
"What will become of Borinquen, my dear God?
Que será de mis hijos y de mi hogar"
What will become of my children and my home?"
Oh Borinquen! La tierra del Edén
Oh Borinquen! The land of Eden,
La que al cantar, el gran Gautier
The one that, when singing, the great Gautier,
Llamó la perla de los mares
Called the pearl of the seas.
Ahora que tu te mueres con tus pesares
Now that you are dying with your sorrows.
Déjame que te cante yo también
Let me sing to you too
Borinquen de mi amor!
Borinquen of my love!
Yo soy hijo de Borinquen
I am a child of Borinquen
Y eso nadie va a cambiar
And that's something no one will change
Yo soy hijo de Borinquen
I am a child of Borinquen
Y eso nadie va a cambiar
And that's something no one will change
Y el día que yo me muera
And the day that I die
En ti quiero descansar
In you I want to find rest
Yo te adoro Puerto Rico!
I adore you Puerto Rico!
Y eso nadie me lo va a quitar
And that's something no one will take away from me
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Key vocabulary
- adoro
- I adoreB2
- ahora
- nowA1
- alegre
- happyA1
- amor
- loveB1
- aquel
- thatA1
- así
- like thisA1
- cambiar
- changeA1
- camino
- roadB1
- cantando
- singing
- cantar
- to singA1
About this song
Marc Anthony is a Puerto Rican-American singer known for salsa as well as Latin pop and R&B, with a career spanning English-language mainstream pop and Spanish-language tropical styles. Born Marco Antonio Muñiz in New York’s Spanish Harlem, he became prominent for his crossover success while remaining closely associated with modern salsa, including albums produced with Sergio George.