De Moca A Paris Lyrics in English by Juan Luis Guerra, Johnny Ventura
Amapolas translates to "poppies". It's a beautiful and somewhat whimsical word that evokes imagery of nature and vibrant colors.
In the song, Juan Luis Guerra sings, "Van cayendo amapolas / Que me arruñan y enamoran" (Poppies are falling / That wrinkle me and make me fall in love). This line uses the delicate image of falling poppies to describe a charming and enchanting feeling, adding a poetic touch to the narrative of love across distances.
Juan Luis Guerra teams up with merengue legend Johnny Ventura for a lighthearted long-distance love song. He's stuck in Moca, his hometown in the Dominican Republic, while the woman he loves is off in Paris: "Si yo vivo en moca" ("If I live in Moca") and "Y tu allá en París, en París" ("And you there in Paris, in Paris"). Instead of moping, he turns the distance into wordplay, joking that the sky over the Pyrenees might be blue, but "Y en Moca es azulito" ("And in Moca it's a little blue") too.
He name-checks home comforts along the way — "Guardo el arcoíris" ("I keep the rainbow") and "Las begonias de mi güira" ("The begonias from my güira tree") — turning heartache into a bouncy merengue built for dancing, not crying.
