Your favourite song ,lyric wise (translations welcome)

[timberamayor]

I have to run to a movie but Gabriel and I just finished the transcription to al final de la vida the other day so I uploaded it to Timba.com. Will get back with a translation but it is yet another song by Alexander Abreu with great lyrics IMO.

Al final de la vida
por Alexander Abreu
transcripción Gabriel & Michelle

Ojo por ojo diente por diente
Es un refrán que dice la gente
Si el enemigo te critica por aquí
Camina por allá
De una forma diferente

Ojo por ojo diente por diente
Es un refrán que dice la gente
Si el enemigo te critica por aquí
Camina

Eh le le eh le le

Hace algunos cuantos años
Vengo haciéndome preguntas
De cosas que van pasando
Por el mundo sin respuestas

Gente que vive del daño
Sin pensar en el mañana
Ignorando que se pierde
Pero otro día se gana

Gente que pasa por alto
Que somos seres humanos
Y otros que se olvidan de aquel
Que un día bien le dio la mano

Gente que te quiere cien por ciento
Gente que quiere mal
Y en lo que el palo va y viene
Esta vida sigue igual
¡Vaya!

Ojo por ojo diente por diente
Es un refrán que dice la gente
Si el enemigo te critica por aquí
Camina por allá
De una forma diferente

Escucha
Tienes que tener presente
Lo que falta y lo que sobra
Cuenta que no pagas hoy
Dios mañana te la cobra

Evita bien los problemas
Todo se resuelve hablando
Mal que deseaste ayer
El tuyo viene caminando

Árbol que nace torcido
Jamás su tronco endereza
Tienes que aprender del bueno
Y también del mala cabeza

Porque hay gente que te quiere bien
Gente que te quiere mal
Y en lo que el palo va y viene
Esta vida sigue igual

Ojo por ojo diente por diente
Escucha al cuento
Es un refrán que dice la gente

Tienes que tener presente
Que esta vida está bien dura
Agárrala y vívela diferente

Ojo por ojo diente por diente
Es un refrán que dice la gente

Ser buen padre, ser buen hijo
Y veras lo que se siente negro

Ojo por ojo diente por diente
Es un refrán que dice la gente

Si el enemigo te critica por aquí
Camina con el mambo que va pa’ la caliente

¡Mambo!

Eh le le
Que esta es Havana D’Primera
D’Primera

Y ahora
Sácale brillo al piso Teresa
Porque al final la vida te la aplica

Si oreja no pasa cabeza
Porque al final la vida te la aplica

Aquella te traga y no te mastica
Porque al final la vida te la aplica

Pero salsa, salsita
Porque al final la vida te la aplica

Moraleja
Porque al final la vida te la aplica
Porque al final la vida te la aplica

Cintura cintura cintura cintura cintura
Dale dale
Porque al final la vida te la aplica
Porque al final la vida te la aplica

¿Qué tú quieres, que necesitas?
Porque al final la vida te la aplica
Porque al final la vida te la aplica

Porque al final la vida te la aplica toda
Porque al final la vida te la aplica
Porque al final la vida te la aplica

Ay, por Dios
Esta vida está bien dura
Ay
Tiene espinas, tiene rosas

Ay, por Dios
Y para aquel que no lo sabe
La vida tiene su cosa
Ay

Ay, por Dios
No se puede coger lucha
Con lo que dice la gente
Ay

Ay, por Dios…
Por eso a mí me da lo mismo
Cuando al fin te dé una cosa
Ay

Ay, por Dios
Y mira como dice me coro
Si a ti te da una cosa
A mi me da lo mismo

Yo no sé pero tengo que decirte
Si a ti te da una cosa
A mi me da lo mism o

Chuchi sé que se coge el picadillo
Si a ti te da una cosa
A mi me da lo mismo

Déjate del pesimismo
Si a ti te da una cosa
A mi me da lo mismo

Titi, coge lo suave que eso aquí no es un campismo
Si a ti te da una cosa
A mi me da lo mismo

Coge lo suave que eso aquí no es un campismo
Si a ti te da una cosa
A mí me da lo mismo

Ay Dio’
Si a ti te da una cosa
A mí me da lo mismo

Anda
Mira como dice
Si a ti te da una cosa
A mí me da lo mismo

Ahora
Si le va que le dé
Si a ti te da una cosa
A mí me da lo mismo

¡Ay Dios!
Si le va que le dé
Si a ti te da una cosa
A mí me da lo mismo

Esto es pa’ que lo escuche Jack El Calvo
DJ Timbalero
Si a ti te da una cosa
A mí me da lo mismo

Samurai, DJ Melao
Si a ti te da una cosa
Eugenio, Roma
A mí me da lo mismo

Mandy, Casa de la Música de Miramar
Si a ti te da una cosa
Allí está mi gente
A mí me da lo mismo

Kristina, Club Mambo, agua

 

[tresero]

There are too many to list, but how about one of the most romantic songs ever written! Difficult to translate to English, but here is my translation.

Longina

En el lenguaje misterioso de tus ojos
In the mysterious language of your eyes,

Hay un tema que destaca:
There's a theme that highlights:

Sensibilidad
Tenderness

En las sensuales lineas de tu cuerpo hermoso
In the sensuous lines of your beautiful body,

Las curvas que se admiran
Your wonderful curves

Despiertan iliusíon
awaken a dream

Y es la cadencia de tu voz tan cristalina
And the cadence of your voice so transparent

Tan suave y argentada
So smooth and silvery

de ignota irrealidad
Of undiscovered idealism.

Que impresionado por todos tus encantos
I'm smitten by all of your charms,

se conmovió milira y
You affect my lyric poem

y en mí la inspiración
and you are my inspiration.

Por ese cuerpo
With your body

orlado de bellezas
edged in beauty,

tus ojos soñadores
Your dreamy eyes

y tu rostro angelical
and angelic face;

Por esa boca de conca anacarada
Because of your pearly smile,

tu mirada imperiosa
Your masterful look

y tu andar señorial
and your graceful walk,

Te comparo con una santo dios
I compare you to a heavenly saint.

Longina seductora cual flor primaveral
Longina, as alluring as a spring flower,

Y ofrendando con notas de mi lira
I offer you my poetic words,

con fibras de mi alma
With fibers from my soul

a tu encanto juvenil
to your youthful charm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYYaip8M-jU

 

[matty]

its friday!! ​

and i decided this thread needs a kick in the 'trasero' with this simple but popular song ​

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it was social friday​

and i wanted to go out and have a good time​

i sent the car to be washed, i filled the tank with gasoline​

then i picked up my clothes from the laundrette​

i went to the hair salon​

then around ten at night i arrived at a club in san juan​

right there i met a girl who was hanging out with three friends (also girls)​

we danced a couple of tunes and then we got talking​

and she told me...​

of her suffering​

and i told her​

of my loneliness​

i loved her, and she told me she loved me​

her eyes lit up with happiness​

in or around midnight i told her i desired her​

and she confessed that she also wanted me​

we went in my car, to a luxury cabin​

to surrender our bodies to passion​

in the early hours, i dropped her off to meet her friends​

and there we sayd our goodbyes with some very used phrases​

"that was a marvelous night, whoa!​

thankyou so much"​

but we never spoke about seeing eachother again​

each one off to their own home​

but we never spoke about seeing eachother again, thats how the friday social goes​

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i never met her again, nor did i look​

i never even asked her name​

but when she was there, boy was it fun​

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it seems like it was all a dream​

and i dont remember even where it was....​

...that place that we met, to see if some day i may return and we might repeat that night​

it happened like something from a novel, and when the drama is over​

each one goes their own way, "aint nothing happened here"​

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we made some loving promises,​

we said them, but we didnt deliver them​

these are the consecuences of the system in which we live​

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feel free to correct my translation if you want​

so, enjoy your salsa friday ! and i wish you all a "noche marvillosa" !! LOL​

 

[premier]

I'm going to use that as a theme song for our Friday social

 

[matty]

and now, one Funky tune from Willie Rosario !​

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Anuncio Clasificado​

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Classified Add​

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I want a simple girl​

who talks to me in a tender way​

kind, good and beautiful​

with whom i may feel secure​

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so, I have placed an add​

in this clasified section​

please answer ​

and if you send a photo even better​

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I want a romantic lover​

who speaks to me sweetly​

I want a platonic lover​

I want a lover who is different !​

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(Chorus)​

give me this​

as soon as possible​

give me this​

the lonliness depresses me​

give me this​

write to me or call me please​

give me this​

excuse me but i insist​

give me this​

I want her right now​

give me this​

I find myself alone and without love​

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I want a girl who is educated​

who loves me on a spiritual level​

cultured, witty, refined, and truely intelligent​

who knows how to use her brain, in a superior way​

to discover new goals in the field of love​

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I want a lover who is telepathic​

with the power of the mind​

I want a lover who is esoteric​

I want a lover who is different !​

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(Chorus)​

there are no girls of any use​

who are how i want them to be​

I dont trust girls​

I dont know if any of them is sincere​

thats why I have placed an add​

to find a robot​

the sex shall be programmed​

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I want a lover who is hygienic​

without any virus problems​

I want a lover who is antiseptic​

I want a lover who is different !​

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(alternative chorus)​

give me this​

I want a lover who is different​

give me this​

who loves me spiritually​

give me this​

who belongs only to me forever, and to nobody else​

give me this​

I want an educated girl​

give me this​

well... who devotes her life to me​

give me this​

who loves me, and of course, is a decent girl​

give me this​

and intelligent lover​

give me this​

whos kisses are red-hot​

give me this​

who is open to discovering new things in love​

give me this​

excuse me but i insist​

give me this​

I want her right now​

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classified add: I solicit a lover​

ay , mister afinque, wilie rosario!​

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I want to find a woman​

who is sincere and adorable​

who fills me with kindness, who is sensual and who wants to make love in the mornings​

where can that woman be​

the one who gives me her love​

who teaches me about love... im ready to learn!​

im looking for a hygienic lover​

without any virus problems​

give me, give me, give me!!​

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enjoy !​

 

[matty]

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Juanito Alimana​

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the street is a concrete jungle​

with savage beasts, sure why not​

nobody goes out mad happy anymore​

anywhere you like, the worst awaits you​

anywhere you like, the worst awaits you​

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juanito alimana with lots of hustle​

arrives at the counter​

takes out his knife, without worry​

tells them to hand him the register​

takes out the notes, takes out a gun, boom !​

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leaves like the wind​

in a shot​

even though he was seen​

nobody saw nothin'​

juanito alimana, ​

*goes on a binge​

drinks his booze​

and makes his orgy​

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the people fear him​

you have got to be careful​

as to get involved​

you've got to be a tough guy​

if they throw him in jail​

he walks out the next day​

because a cousin of his​

is in the police​

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juanito alemana has hustle, he is living evil​

he always aligns ​

with whoever is on top​

even though half the world​

has been robbed by him​

everyone comments about him​

nobody reports him​

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even though half the world​

has been robbed by him​

everyone comments about him​

nobody reports him​

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(chorus)​

in his world​

women, high, booze​

living on a binge, juanito alimana​

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when he was a young guy​

the things he used to ask for​

and if you didnt hand it over​

he would swipe for it​

he would get it one way or the other​

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(chorus)​

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**that dude what he sees​

if he sees you in the wrong place​

you better watch out for your wallet​

that guy sure knows about that​

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(chorus)​

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***yea the other day i met him​

and guillermo he said to me ​

"throw all you want at me​

cos my cousin is police !"​

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(chorus)​

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hey, like the devil's soul​

he fires his shot​

and even though the people saw him​

they dont rat on him because... "nobody saw nothing'"​

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(chorus)​

note: this is my interpretation of what is being said in the song, not all of it is totally clear

* at around 1.40 in the song he says: "va a la fechoria"
i interpreted as "goes on a binge" not sure if thats right... maybe fechoria was/is a nickname for some place like a brothel?

**ese tumba lo que ve (that dude, what he sees?)​

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***si el otro dia lo encontre (yea the other day i met him)​

y guillermo el me decia (and guillermo he said to me)​

tumba kilo que tu quiera' (throw all you want at me)​

por mi primo e' policia (cos my cousin is police )​

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[GroovyMambo]

Nice job. A few clarifications pertaining your queries.
"Va a la fechoría" means that he's going to commit a crime.
"Tumba" is slang for stealing. So, "Ése tumba lo que ve, si lo ve mal puesto" translates to "He steals whatever he sees unattended."
"Tumba aquí lo que tu quieras, pues mi primo e' policía" translates to "Steal whatever you want 'cause my cousin is a cop."

 

[matty]

iHAPPY VALENTINES DAY !​

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some words from wise men who surely have plenty of experience in the matter​

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el gran combo - la receta del amor​

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get two hearts and put them together ​

that are clean and complete​

leave some room for tenderness​

happiness and love​

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add as a ingredient​

some song or a verse​

a pinch of patience ​

and a drop of hurt​

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cook on a slow flame​

protect it from the wind​

because if it cooks in flames​

it is better​

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here i have the recipe of love​

these are the steps you should follow ​

so as not to fail in a relationship​

if you really want to be happy​

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here i have the recipe of love​

this is something that should be shared​

repeat each step to perfection​

dont miss a single detail of my song​

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taste the meal at each moment​

keep the flames alive​

serve in large portions​

when the occasion presents itself​

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keep the banquet sheltered from the weather​

safe from bad intentions​

from trust and doubt​

lies and pain​

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if this recipe works for you​

pay attention​

maybe in matrimony​

there will be a new song​

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(improvisations)​

add a spoonfull of care and feeling, and cook on a slow flame​

a pinch of patience, you will see the difference, and i assure you will be happy​

be mindful of other aromas from afar, dont confuse the two​

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follow the steps, pay attention to the words​

and sure it will turn out well for you​

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listen up, dont forget to add kisses and hugs​

and always say "yes"​

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repeat each step to perfection​

dont miss a single detail of my song​

 

[elanimal]

To be honest it's by far "Amor y control" by Rubén Blades. Second would be "La cuna blanca" by Rapphy Leavitt. Easily the saddest song I know. But you need to know the backstory a little too much for it to be meaningful.

But one song I love to sing to is "Hojas blancas" by El Gran Combo. Also sad.

They’re falling, white leaves over my hair
As the the years are passing
Experience keeps maturing

They’re falling, white leaves over my hair
And my body keeps wearing down
Every day more and more

The time has come, to feel happiness
For all the good that I’ve done
And also the time, to feel regret
For all the errors, that I have made

They’re falling, white leaves over my hair
And my body keeps wearing down
Every day more and more

The white leaves keep falling...
The white leaves keep falling...

 

[rafa]

Tiempo pa' matar (sorry I can't traslate it)

por la tarde no hay nada
salgo a buscar mis panas
nos paramos en la esquina
no hay nada por la avenida

vamos a dar una vuelta
un serrucho para la botella
nos sentamos en la escalera
y cantamos canciones viejas

[Coro]
tiempo pa' matar

ay Mama Güela
Ave María Morena
mataron al negro bembón y sólo por un maní
a Dolores la pachanguera
el charlatán le dió una pela
no encuentro la llave de la casa de Marcela

Fernando es Sara, Juan está muerto
Manuel trabaja, Kimbo está preso
no fuma mucha marihuana
Toby sí que no está en nada

hay fiesta donde Toro y Carmen
esta no se la pierde nadie
otro invita, están pasando
para Vietnam solicitando

por el machismo
contra el comunismo
salen como nobles soldados
vuelven agrios y mutilados
con heroísmo
tumbar el racismo
total pa' nada si al regreso todo fue igual

no me empujes que te sacudo
ni me analices por un embudo
estoy llegando a la línea
tú no juegues con mi comida

la sangre se me está subiendo
oye lo que estoy diciendo
pa' matar ratas combatió tiros
deja salir lo negativo

[Coro]
esperando el momento preciso y ahora es cuando es

no pierdas tiempo pidiendo permiso, dale y tú vas a ver
ay, pero chúpate este Limber, Sebastián
mire compadre como son las cosas te juro que no lo aguanto más
esperando, esperando cansado de estar velando
es que voy pa' encima Lola, cuidado vengo de atrás
y si el de alante no se pone duro, ay bendito
estoy seguro que los de atrás lo mangarán
oye Memín,
matando tiempo no es lo mismo que tiempo pa' matar, no seas bruto

y si quieres verme esta noche en la ventana ponme un quinqué
oigame compadre Alejandro dígame de las cosas como van caminando
y ya tú ves que el niño habló y todos saben que salió varón
pregúntale a Sucre Pérez, me dijo que si no metemos mano en poco tiempo todos pereceremos
es que no hay tiempo pa' ser indeciso dale, dale, dale, dale, dale, dale