Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Entre Flores by Eliades Ochoa from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
En el barrio La Cachimba se ha formado la corredera
In the La Cachimba neighborhood, the corredera has been formed
Allá fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas
There were the firefighters with their bells, their sirens
Allí fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas
There were the firefighters with their bells, their sirens
Ay mama, ¿qué pasó? ¡Ay, mamá! ¿qué pasó?
Oh mom, what happened? Ow mom! What happened?
Al cuarto de Tula, le cogió candela
To Tula's room, she caught him on fire
Se quedó dormida y no apagó la vela
She fell asleep and did not blow out the candle
¡Que llamen a Ibrahim Ferrer, que busquen a los bomberos!
Call Ibrahim Ferrer, look for the fire brigade!
Que yo creo que Tula lo que quiere es que le apaguen el fuego
I think that what Tula wants is to put out the fire
Ay, por ahí viene Eliades, en tremenda corredera
Oh, here comes Eliades, in a tremendous slide
Viene a observar el cuarto de Tula que ha cogido candela
He comes to observe the room of Tula that has caught fire
Carlos y Marcos están mirando este fuego
Carlos and Marcos are looking at this fire
Si ahora no se apaga, se apaga luego, candela
If it doesn't go out now, it goes out later, candle
Puntillita, ve y busca a Marco', pa' que busque al Sierra Maestra
Puntillita, go and look for Marco', so that he looks for the Sierra Maestra
Que vengan para acá rapido que la Tula, mira cogió candela
Let them come here fast than Tula, look, he caught fire
Hey, Marcos, coge pronto el cubito y no te quedes allá fuera
Hey, Marcos, take the bucket quickly and don't stay out there
Llénalo de agua y ven a apagar el cuarto de Tula, que ha cogido candela
Fill it with water and come and put out Tula's room, which has caught fire
Tula está encendida ¡Llama a los bomberos!
Tula is on fire Call the fire brigade!
Tú eres candela ¡afina los cueros!
You are a candle, sharpen the leathers!
Candela, muchacho
candle, boy
Se volvió loco, Barbarito, ¡Hay que ingresarlo!
He went crazy, Barbarito, you have to enter him!