Guateque Campesino Lyrics in English Ibrahim Ferrer
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Guateque Campesino by Ibrahim Ferrer from Spanish to English.
Hay guateque en el bohío
There's a party in the hut
Del compadre Don Ramón
Of buddy Don Ramón
Hay guateque en el bohío
There's a party in the hut
Del compadre Don Ramón
Of buddy Don Ramón
Ya está en la púa el lechón
The piglet's already on the spit
Ya está llegando el gentío
The crowd's already arriving
Hoy viene abajo el bohío
Today the hut comes down
Es santo de Don Ramón
It's Don Ramón's saint's day
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
El bongó, el triple y el güiro
The bongó, the triple and the güiro
No han cesado de tocar
They haven't stopped playing
El bongó, el triple y el güiro
The bongó, the triple and the güiro
No han cesado de tocar
They haven't stopped playing
Porque así son los guajiros
Because that's how the guajiros are
No tienen cuando acabar
They never know when to stop
Es costumbre campesina
It's a country custom
Desde el tiempo colonial
Since colonial times
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Ya la comadre Caruca
Now comadre Caruca
De tres piedras hizo el fogón
Has made the hearth with three stones
Ya la comadre Caruca
Now comadre Caruca
De tres piedras hizo el fogón
Has made the hearth with three stones
Ya está sancochá la yuca
The cassava's already boiled
Ya está el mojo pa'l lechón
The mojo for the pig's ready
Y ya Juan Ramón fue en busca
And Juan Ramón has already gone to get
De plátano verde y pintón
Some green and half-ripe plantain
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Hoy luce su guayabera
Today he sports his guayabera
Su polaina y su machete
His gaiter and his machete
Hoy luce su guayabera
Today he sports his guayabera
Su polaina y su machete
His gaiter and his machete
Los guajiros y la sitiera
The peasants and the farm girl
Que engalanan el guateque
That deck out the party
Hoy se rompen los taburetes
Today the stools get broken
Y se cae la talanquera
And the fence rail falls down
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Hace falta que venga mucha gente
We need lots of people to come
Porque el fogón está atestao
Because the hearth's packed
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Comadre Caruca, guarde bien el rabito
Comadre Caruca, save the little tail
Para el que llegue atrasao'
For the one that arrives late
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Oye, que cierren pronto la talanquera
Hey, that they close the fence rail soon
Porque el puerco está botao'
Because the pig's falling apart
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Yo tengo cuatro palomas
I have four doves
En una fuente redonda
In a round fountain
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Todas se dan sus buchitos, mamá
They all take their little sips, mama
Y ninguna se pone brava
And none of them get mad
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Y los caminos están atascaos
And the roads are bogged-down
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
Y llegando bailadores, comay
And dancers are arriving, comadre
Por los caminos atascaos
Along the bogged-down roads
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