Florecita Rockera Lyrics in English by Aterciopelados

A whole love song built out of gardening jokes. The singer opens with a problem: "Como echarte flores si eres un jardín" (How do I throw you flowers if you are a garden). In Spanish, echar flores means to pay someone compliments, so the line is a pun: how do you flatter someone who is already a whole garden? The smell alone makes her say "me siento morir" (I feel like I am dying).

Then comes the chorus, which is half love letter, half threat. "Florecita rockera" (little rocker flower) is the nickname, and the verdict is "Tú te lo buscaste por despertar mi pasión" (You asked for it by waking up my passion). The punishment? "Te pondré en una matera" (I will put you in a flowerpot). Matera is the word for a plant pot in Colombia, and it is a funny, possessive way of saying "I am keeping you". Later she wonders how to transplant him into her heart without cutting him at the root, and calls him "fresca como una lechuga" (fresh as a lettuce), a real Spanish idiom for someone cool and relaxed. She ends as "el picaflor" (the hummingbird) that will drink all his nectar, which is about as cheeky as a flower metaphor gets.