Cumbia Americana Lyrics in English Alejo García
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cumbia Americana by Alejo García from Spanish to English.
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Se va por la madrugada
He leaves at dawn
como cumbia peregrina
like cumbia peregrina
adiós a la muchachada
goodbye to the girl
se va con la Carolina
he goes with Carolina
Ya se va Alejo García
Alejo García is leaving
les dice queridos taitas
he tells them dear taitas
llenito es melancolía
full is melancholy
como el indio con sus gaitas
like the Indian with his bagpipes
¡Ay! adiós, adiós
Oh! bye Bye
el río crecido
the swollen river
¡ay! amor de dos
Oh! love of two
de fuego encendido
of fire lit
Me llevo una flor
I take a flower
la que yo más quiero
the one I love the most
¡ay! un buen cantor
Oh! a good singer
busca su sendero
look for your path
De mis hermanos mayores
Of my older brothers
cuentan que mambean el alma
They say that they harm the soul
de la tierra y sus dolores
of the earth and its pains
¡ay! rezan para que esté en calma
Oh! They pray that it is calm
La historia con tanto enojo
The story with so much anger
espera que aclare el río
wait for the river to clear
aun veo en sus tristes ojos
I still see in your sad eyes
la savia del pueblo mío
the lifeblood of my people
aun veo en sus indios ojos
I still see in his Indian eyes
la savia del pueblo mío
the lifeblood of my people
Los pueblos originarios
The native peoples
su canto siempre en la herida
his song always in the wound
el mundo destinatario
the recipient world
memoria que no se olvida
memory that is not forgotten
Andrés Landero en su senda
Andrés Landero on his path
cantó cumbia colombiana
sang Colombian cumbia
y Alejo les recomienda
and Alejo recommends
bailar cumbia americana
dance american cumbia
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