Juan El Pescador
Emilio Dominguez y Sus Estrellas de Plata
Lyrics
Translation
El viejo cayuco
The old canoe
Ya se hace a la mar
Already sets sail to the sea
Juan el pescador
Juan the fisherman
No regresará
Will not return
Las noches de estrellas
Nights of stars
No verán ya más
Will no longer see
Recortar su sombra
Trimming his shadow
Con marco de plata
With a silver frame
Nace en tibia noche
Born on a warm night
Su cuna la palma
His cradle, the palm tree
Su arrullo el susurro
His lullaby, the whisper
De olas y mar
Of waves and sea
Fueron las gaviotas
The seagulls were
Y los caracoles
And the seashells
Su juego de niño
His childhood play
La playa su hogar
The beach, his home
Alfombras de arena
Sand carpets
Quemada de Sol
Sunburned
Su viejo camino
His old path
Ya no lo verá
He will no longer see
Nace en tibia noche
Born on a warm night
Su cuna la palma
His cradle, the palm tree
Su arrullo el susurro
His lullaby, the whisper
De olas y mar
Of waves and sea
Fueron las gaviotas
The seagulls were
Y los caracoles
And the seashells
Su juego de niño
His childhood play
La playa su hogar
The beach, his home
El viejo cayuco
The old canoe
Ya duerme en el mar
Now sleeps in the sea
Juan el pescador
Juan the fisherman
No regresará
Will not return