Mi Guajira Lyrics in English Eddie Palmieri
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mi Guajira by Eddie Palmieri from Spanish to English.
De palo para rumba
From stick to rumba
Te cambio a ti
I'll trade you
Así!
Like this!
Para que respete aquí!
So that they respect here!
La amistad cuando se da no se devuelve
Friendship, when given, is not returned
Mejorando el sentimiento
Improving the feeling
Te aconsejo y no me explico
I advise you and I don't understand
Porque tu piensas así de mí
Why do you think that way of me
Si jamás pienso mal yo de ti
If I never think badly of you
De palo para rumba
From stick to rumba
Te cambio a ti
I'll trade you
De palo para rumba
From stick to rumba
Te cambio a ti
I'll trade you
Así!
Like this!
Para que respete aquí!
So that they respect here!
La amistad cuando se da no se devuelve
Friendship, when given, is not returned
Mejorando el sentimiento
Improving the feeling
Te aconsejo y no me explico
I advise you and I don't understand
Porque tú piensas así de mí
Why do you think that way of me
Si jamás pienso mal yo de ti
If I never think badly of you
De palo para rumba
From stick to rumba
Te cambio a ti
I'll trade you
(Si somos guerreros
(If we are warriors
De palo para rumba)
From stick to rumba)
De palo para rumba
From stick to rumba
(Si somos guerreros
(If we are warriors
De palo para rumba)
From stick to rumba)
Si yo no sé porque
If I don't know why
Piensas mal de mí
You think badly of me
Si yo nunca pienso
If I never think
Mal de ti
Badly of you
(Si somos guerreros
(If we are warriors
De palo para rumba)
From stick to rumba)
Si de frente me saludas
If you greet me face to face
Por qué de espaldas me zumbas?
Why do you stab me in the back?
(Si somos guerreros
(If we are warriors
De palo pa'rumba)
From stick to rumba)
La sinceridad no se compara
Sincerity cannot be compared
Tampoco se vende nunca
Nor can it ever be sold
(Si somos guerreros
(If we are warriors
De palo para rumba)
From stick to rumba)
De palo y palo pa'rumba
From stick to stick for rumba
Y palo pa'rumba
And stick for rumba
De palo pa'rumba
From stick for rumba
(Si somos guerreros
(If we are warriors
De palo para rumba)
From stick to rumba)
(Si somos guerreros
(If we are warriors
De palo para rumba)
From stick to rumba)
(Si somos guerreros
(If we are warriors
De palo para rumba)
From stick to rumba)
Escucha bien lo aprendido
Listen well to what you've learned
De palo para rumba
From stick to rumba
(Si somos guerreros
(If we are warriors
De palo para rumba)
From stick to rumba)
Con timbal, bongó y rumba
With timbales, bongos, and rumba
Yo os invito pa'la rumba
I invite you to the rumba
(Si somos guerreros
(If we are warriors
De palo para rumba)
From stick to rumba)
Rumba, rumba para ti
Rumba, rumba for you
Rumba, rumba para mí, tú ves!
Rumba, rumba for me, you see!
(Si somos guerreros
(If we are warriors
De palo para rumba)
From stick to rumba)
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