Los Buenos Tiempos Lyrics in English Carlos Vives
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Los Buenos Tiempos by Carlos Vives from Spanish to English.
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La casa de mis abuelos
My grandparents' house
Pa' los años de la infancia
For the childhood years
Soñaba con tantos cuentos
I dreamed of so many stories
Que no cabían en la cama
That they didn't fit in bed
La historia de un tren inglés
The story of an English train
Que a la región embrujaba
That haunted the region
Porque al balón de fútbol
Because to the soccer ball
Que pa' esos años llegaba
That for those years came
La historia de un tren inglés
The story of an English train
Que a la región embrujaba
That haunted the region
Y un partido de fútbol
And a football match
Que tres a dos terminaba
That three to two ended
Sale el tren de Santa Marta
The train departs from Santa Marta
Ciénaga se ve dormida
Swamp looks asleep
De Río Frío hasta Aracataca
From Rio Frio to Aracataca
Donde mi abuelo cultiva
Where my grandfather grows
Fundación ya está de fiesta
Foundation is already celebrating
Viene el tren pidiendo vía
The train comes asking for track
Las canciones vallenatas
Vallenato songs
Se oyen en la lejanía
They are heard in the distance
Al fin los tiempos modernos
Modern times at last
Comentaban las señoras
The ladies commented
Como los que hay en Europa
Like those in Europe
La que tanto se añora
The one that is so longed for
Pa' mi abuelo fue el progreso
Pa' my grandfather was the progress
Que la carga le aliviaba
That the burden relieved him
Y en esa mula de hierro
And on that iron mule
Con otros tiempos soñaba
With other times I dreamed
Pa' mi abuelo fue el progreso
Pa' my grandfather was the progress
Y eso lo tenía contento
And I was happy about that.
Viviendo las malas horas
Living the bad hours
Lo llamó los buenos tiempos
He called it the good old days.
Sale el tren de madrugada
The train leaves at dawn
Y todo el pueblo está despierto
And the whole town is awake
Y el pitirre canta al viento
And the pitirre sings to the wind
Anunciando la mañana
Announcing the morning
Se despeja la Nevada
The snowfall is cleared
Y eso me da sentimiento
And that gives me feeling.
Se llevó las malas horas
He took the bad hours
El tren de los buenos tiempos
The train of the good times
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