En La Selva Lyrics in English Carlos Vives , Katie James

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song En La Selva by Carlos Vives from Spanish to English.
Intro
Katie James
Verse 1
Come, I invite you
I want to take you
Far, to a little wooden house
Where I grew up
Come with me
Let me show you
A few little things that
I learned from the land
Chorus 1
Work is hard as stone and it roots you
Love is sincere because it was born like water
Nothing is purer than the sweat of its back
Nothing's surer when it gives you its word
Smell of earth
Of wood fire
Of ripe fruit
From the Magdalena
And when in the afternoons
Sorrows look for me
That you never fail me
To see the stars
I want to hear the breeze that caresses the mountain
I want to take you and lose ourselves in the jungle
Verse 2
Come, I invite you
I want to take you
Far, to a little wooden house
Where I grew up
Come with me
Let me show you
A few little things that
I learned from the land
Chorus 2
Work is hard as stone and it roots you
Love is sincere because it was born like water
Nothing is purer than the sweat of its back
Nothing's surer when it gives you its word
Smell of earth
Of wood fire
Of ripe fruit
From the Magdalena
And when in the afternoons
Sorrows look for me
That you never fail me
To see the stars
I want to hear the breeze that caresses the mountain
I want to take you and lose ourselves in the jungle
Outro
I want to feel the wide silence
To hear only your heartbeats
I want to live in the green countryside
To love you with all my senses
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SONG MEANING

Picture a hand reaching out and saying, “Come with me, let’s disappear into the green.” En La Selva is Carlos Vives and Katie James’ joyful invitation to leave the noise behind and step into Colombia’s wild heart. Over bright folk-pop rhythms, they paint a scene of a little wooden house, the sweet smell of ripe Magdalena fruit, and the crackle of a wood-fire stove. It is a celebration of the land that raised them, where hard work builds character like stone, love flows as freely as water, and a spoken promise is unbreakable.

At its core, the song is a love letter to simple living. The singers long to get lost in the jungle, feel the mountain breeze, and lie under a sky full of stars with someone special. By blending rustic imagery with tender romance, they remind us that true riches are found in nature’s silence, in honest sweat, and in shared moments of wonder far from the city’s rush.

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