La Ceiba Y La Siguaraya Lyrics in English Celia Cruz
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Ceiba Y La Siguaraya by Celia Cruz from Spanish to English.
Como me siento tan antillana
Because I feel so Antillean
Me andan pidiendo definición
They keep asking me for a definition
Como me siento tan antillana
Because I feel so Antillean
Me andan pidiendo definición
They keep asking me for a definition
Porque lo mismo yo soy cubana
Because I'm just as much Cuban
Dominicana, que borincana
Dominican, as Puerto Rican
Es que mis islas, todas hermanas
It's that my islands, all sisters
Son una sola en mi corazón
Are only one in my heart
No debe haber separación
There shouldn't be separation
No puede haber definición
There can't be a definition
No debe haber separación
There shouldn't be separation
No puede haber definición
There can't be a definition
Bailamos todos un compás muy nuestro
We all dance to a rhythm of our own
Que se fusiona en un mismo son
That fuses into a single 'son'
Y aunque la bella mar nos separa
And though the beautiful sea separates us
Formamos juntas una nación
Together we form one nation
Y las antillas se reconocen
And the Antilles are known
Como la fruta de mas sabor
As the most flavorful fruit
Coro
Chorus
No debe haber separación
There shouldn't be separation
No puede haber definición
There can't be a definition
No debe haber separación
There shouldn't be separation
No puede haber definición
There can't be a definition
Como me siento tan antillana
Because I feel so Antillean
Me andan pidiendo definición
They keep asking me for a definition
Y no es posible decir que siento
And it's impossible to say that I feel
Que pertenezco solo a una de ellas
That I belong to only one of them
Porque Borinquen, Cuba y Quisqueya
Because Borinquen, Cuba, and Quisqueya
Son una sola en mi corazón
Are only one in my heart
No debe haber separación
There shouldn't be separation
No puede haber definición
There can't be a definition
Bajo la sombras de sus palmares
Under the shade of their palm groves
Cantan sus hombres digno de fe
Their faithful men sing
Tiene frescura de sus maizales
It has the freshness of its cornfields
Se escucha el eco de los turpiales
The echo of the troupials is heard
Mientras debajo de un cocotero
While underneath a coconut tree
Huele a tabaco, caña y café
It smells of tobacco, sugarcane, and coffee
No debe haber separación
There shouldn't be separation
No puede haber definición
There can't be a definition
Antillana
Antillean
Antillana soy
I'm Antillean
Que no me pidan definición
Don't ask me for a definition
Lo mismo yo soy cubana
I'm just as much Cuban
Ay, que me siento borincana
Ay, I feel Puerto Rican
Que me siento de Quisqueya
That I feel I'm from Quisqueya
Quisqueya la bella, Quisqueya la bella
Quisqueya the beautiful, Quisqueya the beautiful
Borinquen bendito, Borinquen bendito, Cubita bonita
Blessed Borinquen, blessed Borinquen, pretty little Cuba
Antillana soy
I'm Antillean
Aunque yo nací en la Habana
Although I was born in Havana
Me siento dominicana
I feel Dominican
Yo me siento boríncana
I feel Puerto Rican
Borinquen, Cuba y Quisqueya que lindas son
Borinquen, Cuba, and Quisqueya, how lovely they are
Antillana soy
I'm Antillean
Porque yo nací en la Habana
Because I was born in Havana
Y que no me pidan definición
And don't ask me for a definition
Ay, que caballero, yo soy
Ay, gentlemen, that's who I am
No debe haber separación
There shouldn't be separation
Aunque yo nací en la Habana
Although I was born in Havana
Yo me siento antillana
I feel Antillean
Yo me siento Dominicana
I feel Dominican
Yo me siento Borincana
I feel Puerto Rican
Soy, soy, soy
I am, I am, I am
Pero soy, soy, soy
But I am, I am, I am
Aunque yo nací en Cubita
Although I was born in little Cuba
Yo quiero a las tres Antillas
I love the three Antilles
Las tres son mis maravillas
The three are my wonders
Para ti Borinquen
For you Borinquen
Para ti Quisqueya
For you Quisqueya
Para ti mi Cuba bella
For you my beautiful Cuba
Antillana soy
I'm Antillean
Ay, no debe haber definición
Ay, there shouldn't be a definition
No debe haber separación
There shouldn't be separation
Sale loco de contento con su cargamento para la ciudad
He leaves crazy with joy with his cargo for the city
En Cuba la isla hermosa, de la gente soy
In Cuba the beautiful island, I belong to the people
Antillana soy
I'm Antillean
No hay tierra más hermosa como Quisqueya
There's no land more beautiful than Quisqueya
Ay, que isla bella
Ay, what a beautiful island
Ay, Cubita, por eso soy antillana
Ay, little Cuba, that's why I'm Antillean
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