Ojala Que Llueva Café Lyrics in English Juan Luis Guerra

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ojala Que Llueva Café by Juan Luis Guerra from Spanish to English.

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Verse 1

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

May it rain a downpour of cassava and tea

From the sky, a drizzle of white cheese

And to the south, a mountain of watercress and honey

Hopefully it rains coffee

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

To comb a high hill of wheat and yam

To go down the hill of rice grains

And to continue plowing with your love

Prechorus 1

Hopefully in autumn, instead of dry leaves

They cover my harvest with pitisalé

Pitisalé is a kind of pork bacon (or goat ) salted and dried in the sun. It is used as an ingredient for seasoning various dishes

To sow a plain of sweet potatoes and strawberries

Hopefully it rains coffee

Chorus 1

So that in the small farm they don't suffer so much

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

So that in Villa Vasquez they hear this song

Villa Vásquez is a town in the Monte Cristi province of the Dominican Republic

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

Hopefully it rains, hopefully it rains

You may hear 'ay ombe' at the end of the lyrics. In the Dominican Republic, the expression is used to denote sadness or pity towards something or someone

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

Hopefully it rains coffee

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

To sow a tall hill of wheat and yams

To go down the hill of rice grains

And to continue plowing with your love

Verse 2

Hopefully in autumn, instead of dry leaves

They cover my harvest with pitisalé

To sow a plain of sweet potatoes and strawberries

Hopefully it rains coffee

Prechorus 2

So that in the small farm they don't suffer so much

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

So that in Los Montones they hear this song

Los Montones – is a small town in the province of Santiago, Dominican Republic

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

Chorus 2

Hopefully it rains, hopefully it rains

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

Hopefully it rains coffee

So that all the children sing in the field

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

So that in La Romana they hear this song

La Romana is a Municipality in the Dominican Republic

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

Hopefully it rains, hopefully it rains

Hopefully it rains coffee in the fields

Hopefully it rains coffee

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SONG MEANING

Imagine looking up at the sky and, instead of raindrops, seeing coffee, cassava, cheese, and honey showering over the fields. In “Ojalá Que Llueva Café,” Dominican superstar Juan Luis Guerra turns that delicious fantasy into a joyful merengue hymn of hope. Through playful images of mountains of watercress and strawberry-filled plains, he celebrates the everyday dreams of rural workers who long for abundance, relief from hard times, and a taste of sweetness in their lives.

Beneath its catchy rhythm, the song is a gentle social message. Guerra is wishing for a harvest so generous that no one in the conuco (small farm) would “suffer so much.” By naming towns like Villa Vázquez, Los Montones, and La Romana, he turns his prayer into a national embrace, inviting every community to share in the bounty. The result is a feel-good anthem where lively brass and percussion meet poetic solidarity, proving that merengue can make you dance and dream of a kinder world at the same time.

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