Rubén Blades
Oye lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1995
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 4:30
Oye! Que linda suena la saloma de un montuno
Hey! How lovely sounds the song of a montuno
en el llano; es el canto inmemorial de un hermano
in the plains; it's the timeless chant of a brother
despertando a Panamá.
awakening Panama.
Lleno de sentimiento, y pasión, por ésta tierra,
Full of feeling and passion for this land,
sagrada, donde nace una esperanza adornada
sacred, where hope is born adorned
de un amor multicolor.
with a multicolored love.
Qué lindas son las mañanas, y las tardes en sus campos!
How beautiful are the mornings and the afternoons in its fields!
En las noches, entre estrellas, la luna viaja
At night, among the stars, the moon travels
sobre el río y sobre el mar.
over the river and over the sea.
Dulce, es el perfume de las flores y el aroma del Monte.
Sweet is the scent of the flowers and the aroma of the Mountains.
Entre nubes de carmín, y horizonte,
Among clouds of crimson and horizon,
otra vez se oye el cantar.
once again the song is heard.
Lo lindo que suena esa saloma en el monte!
How lovely that song sounds in the mountains!
Saludando a la mañana y la manigua responde
Greeting the morning and the wilderness responds.
De Toabré a Cerro Iglesia, de Chorrera hasta el Copé;
From Toabré to Cerro Iglesia, from Chorrera to Copé;
de Divalá hasta Pacora, de Calobre hasta Utivé.
from Divalá to Pacora, from Calobre to Utivé.
Despierta, Patria querida, desde el Tuira hasta Tolé
Awaken, beloved homeland, from Tuira to Tolé,
Es el cantar de mi tierra, de Limones a Aspavé;
It's the song of my land, from Limones to Aspavé;
de Boquete una saloma devuelve Penonomé; Oyelanené!
from Boquete, a song echoes back to Penonomé; Oyelanené!
Papa Egoró, la Madre Tierra sagrada.
Papa Egoró, the sacred Mother Earth.
De Emberá y de sonrisa interiorana, mi país tiene
From Emberá and interior smiles, my country has
un olor a naranja, huele a jazmín, a coco, a pivá
a scent of orange, it smells of jasmine, of coconut, of pivá
y a esperanza; hay mañanas de mil colores!
and of hope; there are mornings of a thousand colors!
Iluminando y dando fuerza a la Patria de mis amores;
Illuminating and giving strength to the homeland of my loves;
una sonrisa, de Puerto Armuelles al Darién; una
a smile, from Puerto Armuelles to Darién; a
esperanza, de Bocas del Toro a Jaqué, despierta Patria
hope, from Bocas del Toro to Jaqué, awaken homeland.
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Key vocabulary
- hay
- there isA1
- adornada
- decorated
- amor
- loveB1
- armuelles
- armlets
- aspavé
- show
- bocas
- mouthsA2
- boquete
- hole
- campos
- fieldsA1
- cantar
- to singA1
- canto
- songC2
About this song
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is an award-winning singer, composer, actor, and activist known for his foundational contributions to salsa music and Latin jazz.