Cuéntame Un Cuento Lyrics in English Celtas Cortos

“Cuéntame Un Cuento” is a playful ode to imagination. The chorus keeps begging for another story because each tale whisks the listener off to bed with “lindos sueños,” or lovely dreams. What follows is a delightfully absurd bedtime adventure: a grumpy king traps his three daughters in jars sealed with pitch, yet the princesses tunnel out, hop a train to Italy, get lost, and somehow end up dancing reggae on a Jamaican beach. Their furious father gives chase, only to stumble over a bottle that releases a genie who grants three wishes. Suddenly every character lives happily ever after, and the storyteller snaps back to reality with the classic Spanish closing “colorín colorado, este cuento se ha acabado.”

Beneath the silliness lies a warm message about the boundless power of stories. Each verse piles on wilder twists to show how narration can stretch time, distance, and logic while keeping us smiling. When the singer asks for tales about balloon–collecting dwarfs, the tooth-fairy-like Ratoncito Pérez, or any other fantastical scene, he is really celebrating the way music and storytelling turn an ordinary night into a dream-filled journey. The song invites learners to embrace creativity, language, and rhythm all at once—proof that a good story, especially when set to catchy folk-rock, makes bedtime the best part of the day.