En aquel hotel jamaicano Lyrics in English Café Quijano
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song En aquel hotel jamaicano by Café Quijano from Spanish to English.
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Lo malo que tiene el pasado,
The bad that has the past,
Es que nunca lo puedes negar
Is that you can never deny it
Tranquilo entre rastafaris,
Quiet among Rastafarians,
Y hablando suajili muy raro,
And speaking very strange Swahili,
Con mi amigo el americano, abogado recién graduado,
With my American friend, recently graduated lawyer,
Su madre le tiene prohibido viajar a cierto lugares,
His mother has forbidden him to travel to certain places,
No te montes en los autocares de Negril hasta Montego!
Don't ride the buses from Negril to Montego!
En el taxi de un jamaicano con mucho miedo nos montamos,
We got in the taxi of a Jamaican with a lot of fear,
Se fumaba un cigarro muy largo,
He smoked a very long cigar,
Los ojos rojos,
red eyes,
Y casi cerrados
and almost closed
Por la izquierda de la carretera,
To the left of the road
Por llamarla de alguna manera,
For calling her something,
Las cabras, palmeras y perros se ríen de los extranjeros
Goats, palm trees and dogs laugh at foreigners
Y en aquel hotel jamaicano,
And in that Jamaican hotel,
Las mujeres van con marido,
Women go with their husbands
Los maridos se quedan mirando,
The husbands stare
Como juegan a lo prohibido;
How they play the forbidden;
Y en aquel hotel jamaicano,
And in that Jamaican hotel,
Hay desfile de togas y ramos,
There is a parade of gowns and bouquets,
Hay detalles de lujo romano,
There are details of Roman luxury,
Hay señoras, señores,
There are ladies, gentlemen,
Que visten disfraces,
who wear costumes,
Que sufren deslices que no dejan cicatrices
Who suffer slips that leave no scars
Al mítico hotel hedonismo,
To the mythical hedonism hotel,
Con trajes de gala llegamos,
We arrived with ball gowns,
Las señoras no tienen vestido
The ladies don't have a dress.
Tienen toga y laureles en ramo;
They have a toga and laurels in a bouquet;
Ciertas cosas no están en los libros
Certain things are not in the books
Ni en folletos que venden pasión,
Not even in brochures that sell passion,
Hay sujetos que no se han descrito,
There are subjects that have not been described,
Ni siquiera en la imaginación
not even in imagination
Y en aquel hotel jamaicano,
And in that Jamaican hotel,
Las mujeres van con marido,
Women go with their husbands
Los maridos se quedan mirando
The husbands stare
Como juegan a lo prohibido;
How they play the forbidden;
Y en aquel hotel jamaicano
And in that Jamaican hotel
Hay desfile de togas y ramos,
There is a parade of gowns and bouquets,
Hay detalles de lujo romano,
There are details of Roman luxury,
Hay señoras, señores,
There are ladies, gentlemen,
Que visten disfraces,
who wear costumes,
Que sufren deslices
who suffer slips
Que no dejan cicatrices
that don't leave scars
Los labios, las mentes piensan igual
Lips, minds think alike
Se mezclan los placeres
pleasures are mixed
De hombres y de mujeres;
Of men and women;
Las pieles, las manos de dejan llevar
The skins, the hands of let go
Y en aquel hotel jamaicano
And in that Jamaican hotel
Las mujeres van con marido,
Women go with their husbands
Los maridos
the husbands
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