El Rock de Mi Pueblo Lyrics in English Carlos Vives
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Rock de Mi Pueblo by Carlos Vives from Spanish to English.
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Me sube
Upload me
Por todo el cuerpo
All over the body
Y algo me empuja
And something pushes me
A cantar
Let's sing
Es un canto
It's a song
'E la montaña
'E the mountain
Y de la orilla del mar
And from the seashore
Es el eco de una pena
It is the echo of a sorrow
Que ya se quiere olvidar
That you already want to forget
El beso del Magdalena
The Kiss of Magdalena
Que despertó
Who woke up
A la ciudad
To the city
Es más, es magia
What's more, it's magic
Que me contagia
What infects me
Desde que
Since
Tengo razón
I'm right
Muchacha
Girl
Mi vida entera
My whole life
Santa de mi devoción
Saint of my devotion
Tan sólo soy un niñito
I'm just a little boy
Vibrando en tu corazón
Vibrating in your heart
Un viejo del río abajo
An old man from the river down
Que canta
Who sings
La tradición
Tradition
Este es el rock
This is rock
De mi pueblo, que se mete
Of my people, who get involved
En mi cabeza, que me llega
In my head, which comes to me
Al pensamiento
To thought
Y este es el rock
And this is rock
El rock, el rock
Rock, rock
El rock de mi pueblo
The rock of my people
Que enloquece
That drives you crazy
A las muchachas
To girls
Con su alegre
With his cheerful
Movimiento
Movement
Me sube
Upload me
Por todo el cuerpo
All over the body
Y ahora se quiere escapar
And now he wants to escape
Se abraza
Hugs
Con mis amigos
With my friends
Y los invita a bailar
And he invites them to dance
Y se olvida
And it is forgotten
De las penas
Penalties
Y se vuelve
And it becomes
Un huracán y llega hasta
A hurricane and reaches
Las estrellas
The stars
Venciendo, a la soledad
Overcoming solitude
Es más, es magia, que me contagia
What's more, it's magic, which infects me
Desde que tengo razón
Since I'm right
Colombia mi vida entera
Colombia my whole life
Santa de mi devoción
Saint of my devotion
Tan sólo, soy un muchacho
Just, I'm a boy
Tocando tu rock'n roll
Playing your rock 'n roll
Un viejo del barrio abajo
An old man from the neighborhood downstairs
Que canta la tradición
That the tradition sings
Y este es el rock
And this is rock
De mi pueblo, que se mete
Of my people, who get involved
En mi cabeza, que me llega
In my head, which comes to me
Al pensamiento
To thought
Este es el rock
This is rock
El rock, el rock
Rock, rock
El rock de mi pueblo
The rock of my people
Este es el rock
This is rock
El rock, el rock
Rock, rock
El rock de mi pueblo
The rock of my people
Y si MTV no nos pasa
And if MTV doesn't happen to us
Por su tele full color
For its full color TV
De seguro, es que no saben
Surely, they don't know.
Que en mi pueblo, se hace rock
That in my town, rock is made
Que en el rio Magdalena
That in the Magdalena River
Fue que la cumbia nació
It was that cumbia was born
Como el blues, del Mississippi
Like the blues, from the Mississippi
La cuna del rock'n roll
The cradle of rock 'n roll
Y si tu tienes mamita
And if you have mommy
Por boquita un caramelo
By mouth a candy
Y en esa cara bonita
And on that pretty face
Los ojos como luceros
Eyes like stars
Y si mañana me visto
And if tomorrow I get dressed
De luces y terciopelo
Of lights and velvet
Me gritarán en el barrio
They will yell at me in the neighborhood
Ahí va el Elvis, cienaguero
There goes the Elvis, cienaguero
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