Carlos Vives — La Piragua song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "La Piragua" by Carlos Vives.
Lyrics
Me contaron los abuelos que hace tiempo
Navegaba en el Cesar una piragua
Que parta de El Banco viejo puerto
A las playas de amor en Chimichagua
Capoteando el vendaval se estremeca
E impasible desafiaba la tormenta
Y un ejrcito de estrellas la segua
Tachonndola de luz y de leyenda
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua, era la piragua
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua, era la piragua
Doce bogas con la piel color majagua
Y con ellas el temible Pedro Albunda
En las noches a los remos arrancaban
Su meldico rugir de hermosa cumbia
Doce sombras ahora viejas ya no reman
Ya no cruje el maderamen en el agua
Solo quedan los recuerdos en la arena
Donde yace dormitando la piragua
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua, era la piragua
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua, era la piragua
La piragua, la piragua
La piragua, la piragua
Lyrics translation
The grandparents told me that long ago
He was sailing on the Cesar a canoe
That starts from the Old Port Bank
To the beaches of Love in Chimichagua
Overturning the gale shudders
And impassive defied the storm
And an army of stars follow her
Tachonndola of light and Legend
It was the boat of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the canoe, it was the canoe
It was the boat of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the canoe, it was the canoe
Twelve bogas with majagua skin
And with them the fearsome Pedro Albunda
At night the oars plucked
Her melodic roar of beautiful cumbia
Twelve shadows now old no longer row
No longer crack the timber in the water
Only memories remain in the sand
Where the canoe lies asleep
It was the boat of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the canoe, it was the canoe
It was the boat of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the canoe, it was the canoe
The canoe, the canoe
The canoe, the canoe