El Principio Lyrics in English Juan Gabriel
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Principio by Juan Gabriel from Spanish to English.
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Un día que andaba en el campo
A day when I was walking in the countryside
Me encontré con el eterno
I met the eternal
Y me dijo que el no cante y baile
And he told me not to sing and dance
Se va a ir al infierno
He's going to hell
Como yo se ver profundo
How I look deep
Suelo ver la realidad
I usually see reality
Yo veo dar vueltas a este mundo
I see this world going around
Y muy triste a la humanidad
And very sad to humanity
Sufre, pide y llora
Suffer, ask and cry
Porque está perdida
Because she's lost
No sabe de donde viene
You don't know where it comes from
Quien es y a donde va
Who he is and where he goes
Marmolejo Vargas, y Villa
Marmolejo Vargas, and Villa
Le dijeron al buen dios
They told the good god
Vamos a ser un mariachi
Let's be a mariachi
Del cual saldrán mas de dos
From which more than two will come out
Yo no quiero verles tristes
I don't want to see them sad
Yo quiero verles alegres
I want to see you happy
No quiero verles sufriendo
I don't want to see them suffering
Contentos yo quiero verles
Happy I want to see you
Yo no quiero que me pidan
I don't want to be asked
Porque todo les he dado
Because I have given them everything
Quiero que canten y bailen
I want them to sing and dance
Porque así estoy a su lado
Because that's how I'm by your side
Pedir no es bueno dar sí
Asking is not good to give yes
Yo quiero que cante y baile
I want her to sing and dance
Todo aquel que crea en mí
Everyone who believes in me
La música viene del cielo
Music comes from heaven
La canción viene del hombre
The song comes from man
La alegría nace del suelo
Joy is born from the ground
Y mariachi tiene por nombre
And mariachi is called
La música es tan divina
Music is so divine
Que a la gente enferma sana
That sick people are healthy
La gente cuando esta sana canta y baila
People when healthy sing and dance
Más cuando ama
More when you love
Todo lo que hay en la vida
Everything in life
Es por causa y por efecto
It is by cause and by effect
Miren la naturaleza
Look at nature
No tiene ningún defecto
It has no flaws
Igual es en cada hombre
It is the same in every man
En cada ser en este mundo
In every being in this world
Nunca sufran, nunca lloren
Never suffer, never cry
Que la vida es un segundo
That life is a second
Miren México
Look at Mexico
Si es lindo
If it's cute
México es encantador
Mexico is lovely
Y todo por sus artistas, su mariachi y su folclor
And all for its artists, its mariachi and its folklore
Cantando y bailando siempre
Always singing and dancing
Hagan la paz no hagan la guerra
Make peace do not make war
Porque cantando y bailando
Because singing and dancing
Yo puse a girar la tierra
I started to turn the earth
Pelear no es bueno, amar sí
Fighting is not good, loving is good
La música une a los pueblos
Music unites peoples
Y los pueblos se unen a mí
And the peoples join me
No todos tienen la suerte de nacer y de vivir
Not everyone is lucky enough to be born and live
Todo aquel que cante y baile
Everyone who sings and dances
Al infierno no ha de ir
He must not go to hell
Para qué pelean tanto
Why do they fight so much
En tantas y tantas guerra
In so many wars
Si al fin y al cabo con todo
Yes, after all, with everything
Un día se va a quedar la tierra
One day the earth is going to stay
Les diré una adivinanza
I'll tell you a riddle
Y a ver quien me la adivina
And let's see who guesses it
Aquel que me la adivine
The one who guesses it
Es que el mariachi le fascina
Mariachi fascinates him
Qué quiere decir mariachi
What does mariachi mean?
Quien me lo puede decir
Who can tell me
Quiere decir día de fiesta
It means holiday
En la lengua otomí
In the Otomi language
La música viene del cielo
Music comes from heaven
La canción viene del hombre
The song comes from man
La alegría nace del suelo
Joy is born from the ground
Y mariachi tiene por nombre
And mariachi is called
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