La Huasanga
Café Tacvba
Lyrics
Translation
Ay la la la ...
Oh la la la...
Cuando estoy en mis excesos
When I am in my excesses
contigo en grande emoción,
with you in great emotion,
quisiera con embelesos,
I would like with enchantments,
arrancarte el corazón,
to tear out your heart,
arrancarte el corazón
to tear out your heart
y comérmelo a besos.
and eat it with kisses.
Ay la ra ra ...
Oh the ra ra...
Yo te juro y te prometo
I swear to you and promise you
como siempre te he querido
as I have always loved you,
que si tu amor es completo
that if your love is complete,
cumpleme lo prometido
fulfill what you promised me
yo no quiero que otro prieto
I don't want another dark-skinned
quiera lo que yo he querido
to desire what I have desired.
Ay la ra ray la ra ra...
Oh the ra ray la ra ra...
Mariquita quita, quita,
Ladybug, remove, remove,
quitame dolor y pena...
take away my pain and sorrow...
Debajo de tu rebozo,
Underneath your shawl,
se pasa una noche buena...
one spends a good night...
Buena es la buena memoria...
Good is the good memory...
Memoria del que se acuerda...
Memory of the one who remembers...
Se acuerda de San Francisco...
He remembers San Francisco...
San Francisco no es Esteban...
San Francisco is not Esteban...
Esteban no es ningun Santo...
Esteban is no saint...
Santo es aquél que le reza...
Saint is the one who prays to him...
Rezan los padres maitines...
The fathers say Matins...
Los Maitines no son completos...
Matins are not complete...
Completas eran las mañas...
The mornings were complete...
Las mañas de un hechicero...
The tricks of a sorcerer...
Hechicero es el que le urde...
A sorcerer is the one who weaves...
Urde la mujer su tela...
A woman weaves her web...
Tela la del buen sedazo...
The fabric of a good sieve...
Sedazo de harina y cuerda...
Sieve of flour and string...
Cuerda la de los cochinos...
String of the pigs...
Los cochinos tragan hierba...
The pigs eat grass...
De la hierba nace el trigo...
From the grass, wheat grows...
El trigo es el que se siembra...
Wheat is what is sown...
Se siembra porque es costumbre
It is sown because it is custom,
dijo un viejito al pasar,
said an old man passing by,
y lo echaron a la lumbre
and they threw him into the fire
porque no supo trovar
because he didn't know how to rhyme,
y lo echaron a la lumbre
and they threw him into the fire
porque no supo trovar.
because he didn't know how to rhyme.