Buscando Al Caballo (Homenaje A Johnny Ventura) Lyrics in English Carlos Vives , Milly Quezada, Jandy Ventura
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Buscando Al Caballo (Homenaje A Johnny Ventura) by Carlos Vives from Spanish to English.
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(Eh, discúlpeme, señora
(Hey, excuse me, ma'am)
¿La casa de Johnny Ventura es por aquí?)
Is Johnny Ventura's house around here?)
(Ay, chiquillo, ahí en la esquina)
(Oh, kid, there in the corner)
Hay cosas que me entretienen
There are things that entertain me
Y otras que no me dan ganas
And others that I don't feel like
Yo quería grabar merengue
I wanted to record merengue
Porque eso me alegra el alma
Because that makes my soul happy
Me fui sin pensar dos veces
I left without thinking twice
Para la Dominicana
For the Dominican Republic
Podía pescar varios peces
Could catch several fish
Con una sola atarraya
With a single stingray
Y como un rayo, salimos a buscar al caballo
And like lightning, we went out to find the horse.
Y como un rayo, salimos a buscar al caballo
And like lightning, we went out to find the horse.
Soy el caballo, me dicen Johnny Ventura
I'm the horse, they tell me Johnny Ventura
En el merengue tú sabes que hay estructura
In meringue you know there is structure
Yo soy el negro que le pone sabrosura
I'm the black guy who puts flavor on it
Y para ti vamos a hacer una locura
And for you we are going to do something crazy
Para escribir merengue estratosférico
To write stratospheric meringue
Para cruzar niveles hemisféricos
To cross hemispheric levels
Para olvidar asuntos del neolítico
To forget Neolithic matters
Para sentir un choque electrolítico
To feel an electrolyte shock
Schubert, Mozart y Chopin, son sus canciones tan bellas
Schubert, Mozart and Chopin, are his songs so beautiful
Pero nada se compara a un merengue de Quisqueya
But nothing compares to a meringue from Quisqueya
Qué pato a la termidor ni qué patatas chorreadas
What duck to the thermidor or what chips dripped
Nada le gana a un merengue a la Dominicana
Nothing beats a meringue to the Dominican
Yo estaba en Santo Domingo, más famoso que mi gloria
I was in Santo Domingo, more famous than my glory
Johnny, con su gentileza, me había llevado a la gloria
Johnny, with his gentleness, had led me to glory
De repente como un rayo, a una mujer que pasaba
Suddenly like lightning, a woman passing by.
Le dijo 'Milly Quezada, ven, que te presento a Carlos'
He said, 'Milly Quezada, come, I'll introduce you to Carlos.'
Y como si nada
And as if nothing
Conocí a Milly Quezada
I met Milly Quezada
Y como si nada
And as if nothing
Conocí a Milly Quezada
I met Milly Quezada
Llegaste a mi paraíso y ya viste cómo es la cosa
You arrived in my paradise and you saw how things are
Disfrutando un buen merengue, ¡qué música tan sabrosa!
Enjoying a good merengue, what tasty music!
Colombia y Santo Domingo son dos tierras muy hermosas
Colombia and Santo Domingo are two very beautiful lands
Se abrazan en un merengue, y ya tú ves cuánto se goza
They hug each other in a meringue, and you see how much they enjoy
Porque la música es un ser
Because music is a being
Que te hace renacer
What makes you reborn
Y se deja querer
And he lets himself be loved
Y te eriza la piel
And your skin bristles
Con su alma de mujer
With her woman's soul
Qué viaje pa'l exterior ni qué soufflé de Marsella
What a trip abroad or what soufflé from Marseille
Nada le gana a tu amor y a un buen café en mi Quisqueya
Nothing beats your love and a good coffee in my Quisqueya
Qué postre a la Benidorm ni qué manzana flambeada
What dessert to Benidorm or what flambéed apple
Nada le gana a un merengue a la Dominicana
Nothing beats a meringue to the Dominican
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