Anoche,
Tuve pesadillas.
Soñé, de una existencia,
Sin Guaguancó, Son, Bolero y Cha cha cha.
Last night,
I had nightmares.
I've dreamt about an existence
Without Guaguancó, Son, Bolero and Cha cha cha . *
Recorría las ciudades,
Iba a ver toda la gente,
Sin alma, vacía,
Buscando SALSITA !
I went around the cities,
I was to see all the people,
Without soul, empty
Looking for salsa
Me faltaba Rumba,
Para alejar mi pena.
Como decir que te quiero,
Sin ofrecerte un bolero.
I've been missing Rumba,
To cure my pain .
How to say that I love you
Without offering you a bolero.
No había sabor,
Ni deseo, ni ganas,
Al Despertar,
Con este cuento, me di cuenta que…
There was no flavour ,
There was no desire, no wishes,
When waking up ,
With this story , I realised that ....
Sin salsa no hay sabores,
No hay ritmo sin guaguancó,
Sin guaracha no hay gozadera,
No hay bolero sin AMOR,
Without salsa there's no flavour ,
There's no rhythm without guaguanco,
Without guaracha there's no joy/ pleasure
There's no bolero without LOVE.
Sin cha cha no hay alegría,
No hay corazón sin danzón,
Sin montuno no hay locura,
No hay guajira sin tomar un RON……,
Without cha cha cha there's no joy,
There's no heart without danzón (danzón is another sort of music too)
Without montuno* there's no craziness,
There's no guajira** when you don't drink some RUM .
*According to the RAE, montuno is the refrain or chorus of a piece of music: http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/f...asp?es=montuno
**A "guajiro" is a cuban peasant.
Y sin la OCHO ?………Me vuelvo loco !
And without the eight? (I reckon "eight" is someone's nickname
) ....I'm going crazy !
Coro : Donde estan,
Mi pranpran,Kupranpran, Kupran kupran.
Chorus : Where are ,
My ?????????
*Bolero and Cha cha cha are latin music genre , so I'm guesting that Guaguancó and Son are music genres too.
“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.” ― Terry Pratchett.