Rapsodia en La Mayor (para Elena) Lyrics in English Carlos Vives
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Rapsodia en La Mayor (para Elena) by Carlos Vives from Spanish to English.
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Rapsodia En LA Mayor
Rhapsody In A Major
Verse 1
Con delicado acento
With a delicate accent
Me dijo que tomara asiento
Told me to take a seat
Que me quedara atento
That I stay tuned
Y al piano se sentó
And at the piano he sat
Me mira en un fragmento
Look at me in a fragment
Espalda recta y en silencio
Back straight and silent
Toco de un solo aliento
I touch with one breath
Rapsodia en LA mayor
Rhapsody in A major
Mira muy dentro y en calma
Look deep inside and calm
Parecen sus manos tocándome el alma que clama
They seem his hands touching my soul that cries out
Mira sus piernas tan largas
Look at her legs so long
Parecen dos notas en el pentagrama que saltan
They look like two notes on the staff that jump
Chorus 1
Ella es tan feliz no conoce la guerra
She is so happy she does not know war
Ella vive así bailando entre las piedra
She lives like this, dancing among the stones
Ella es tan feliz no conoce la pena
She is so happy she knows no pain
Ella vive así y hace girar la tierra
She lives like this and makes the earth go round
Verse 2
Con delicado acento
With a delicate accent
Me dijo y el país que cuento
He told me and the country that I tell
Por qué todo tan cruento
Why is everything so bloody
Cordura por favor
Sanity please
Y ha mostrado la garra
And has shown the claw
Postura altura y argumento
Height posture and argument
Le tocan la guitarra
They play the guitar
El blues y el rock and roll
Blues and rock and roll
Mira muy dentro y en calma
Look deep inside and calm
Parecen sus manos tocándome el alma que clama
They seem his hands touching my soul that cries out
Mira sus piernas tan largas
Look at her legs so long
Parecen dos notas en el pentagrama que saltan
They look like two notes on the staff that jump
Chorus 2
Ella es tan feliz no conoce la guerra
She is so happy she does not know war
Ella vive así bailando entre las piedra
She lives like this, dancing among the stones
Ella es tan feliz no conoce la pena
She is so happy she knows no pain
Ella vive así y hace girar la tierra
She lives like this and makes the earth go round
Ella está creciendo es una niña de aqui
She is growing up is a girl from here
Habla cuenta y juega como niña de aquí
Speak up and play like a girl from here
Ella es una niña ella es mi dama ni modo
She is a girl she is my lady no way
Ella no parece pero lo sabe todo
She doesn't seem but she knows everything
A su manera ella tiene un mundo que gira a su manera
In her own way she has a world that turns her way
Hacen un ruedo ella está en el coro bienvenido a mi ruedo
They make a ring she is in the choir welcome to my ring
Chorus 3
Ella es tan feliz no conoce la guerra
She is so happy she does not know war
Ella vive así bailando entre las piedra
She lives like this, dancing among the stones
Ella es tan feliz no conoce la pena
She is so happy she knows no pain
Ella vive así y hace girar la tierra
She lives like this and makes the earth go round
Verse 3
Y a quien cortejo le gusta vivir en falda
And whoever I court likes to live in a skirt
Y le escribo en cuaderno historias que a mi me encantan
And I write stories that I love in a notebook
Le luce el sombrero le cortan el pelo en capas
He wears his hat, they cut his hair in layers
Ya toca en la banda le dicen la piernas largas
He already plays in the band they tell him the long legs
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Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Andres Leal, Carlos Vives, Martin Velilla
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