El Pescador
Totó La Momposina
Lyrics
Translation
Va subiendo la corriente
The current is rising
Con chinchorro y atarraya
With fishing nets and cast nets
La canoa de bareque
The barge canoe
Para llegar a la playa
To reach the beach
Va subiendo la corriente
The current is rising
Con chinchorro y atarraya
With fishing nets and cast nets
La canoa de bareque
The barge canoe
Para llegar a la playa
To reach the beach
El pescador habla con la luna
The fisherman talks to the moon
El pescador habla con la playa
The fisherman talks to the beach
El pescador no tiene fortuna
The fisherman has no fortune
Solo su atarraya
Only his cast net
Regresan los pescadores
The fishermen return
Con su carga pa vender
With their catch to sell
Al puerto de sus amores
To the port of their loves
Donde tienen su querer
Where they hold their affections
Regresan los pescadores
The fishermen return
Con su carga pa vender
With their catch to sell
Al puerto de sus amores
To the port of their loves
Donde tienen su querer
Where they hold their affections
El pescador habla con la luna
The fisherman talks to the moon
El pescador habla con la playa
The fisherman talks to the beach
El pescador no tiene fortuna
The fisherman has no fortune
Solo su atarraya
Only his cast net
Regresan los pescadores
The fishermen return
Con su carga pa vender
With their catch to sell
Al puerto de sus amores
To the port of their loves
Donde tienen su querer
Where they hold their affections
Regresan los pescadores
The fishermen return
Con su carga pa vender
With their catch to sell
Al puerto de sus amores
To the port of their loves
Donde tienen su querer
Where they hold their affections
El pescador habla con la luna
The fisherman talks to the moon
El pescador habla con la playa
The fisherman talks to the beach
El pescador no tiene fortuna
The fisherman has no fortune
Solo su atarraya
Only his cast net