Susana Baca
Los marineros lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2001
- Length
- 2:53
Amo el amor de los marineros
I love the love of sailors
Que besan y se van
Who kiss and then leave
Dejan una, dejan una promesa
They leave one, they leave a promise
No vuelven nunca más
They never come back again
No vuelven nunca más
They never come back again
Amo el amor de los marineros
I love the love of sailors
Que besan y se van
Who kiss and then leave
Dejan una, dejan una promesa
They leave one, they leave a promise
No vuelven nunca más
They never come back again
No vuelven nunca más
They never come back again
En cada puerto una mujer espera a los marineros
At every port a woman waits for the sailors
Besan y se van
They kiss and go
En cada puerto una mujer espera a los marineros
At every port a woman waits for the sailors
Besan y se van, besan y se van
They kiss and go, they kiss and go
Y se van
And they go
Una noche se acuestan con la muerte
One night they lie with death
En el lecho del mar
In the bed of the sea
Una noche se acuestan con la muerte
One night they lie with death
En el lecho del mar
In the bed of the sea
Amo el amor de los marineros
I love the love of sailors
Que besan y se van
They kiss and then they leave
Que besan y se van
They kiss and then they leave
Besan y se van
They kiss and then they leave
Y se van
And they leave
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Key vocabulary
- amo
- loveA2
- amor
- loveB1
- marineros
- sailorsB1
- besan
- kiss
- mujer
- womanA1
- espera
- waitB1
- acuestan
- lay down
- muerte
- deathB1
- lecho
- bedA2
- mar
- seaA1
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About this song
Susana Baca is Peruvian vocalist associated with Afro-Peruvian musical traditions. She is known for her interpretation of Afro-Peruvian repertoire, including the widely heard recording of “Maria Lando” featured on David Byrne’s The Soul of Black Peru.