Carlos Vives — La Receta song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "La Receta" by Carlos Vives.

Lyrics

Le escrib a Juancito
que yo no encontraba
la inspiracin
pa’hacer un merengue
que lleve el sabor
que hay en la provincia (bis)
Le ped a Juancito
que mande contestacin
y que lo ms pronto
me escriba ese merenguito.
Y le d las gracias
por toda su educacin
y qued esperando
tranquilo ese favorcito. (bis)
Me escribi Juancito
a pesar de que es hombre muy ocupado,
de su manuscrito
la carta que ha llamado mi atencin. (bis)
Y en correspondencia
rezaba a continuacin:
para hacer un merengue
yo les tengo la receta.
Una guacharacha,
una caja, un acorden
y una voz alegre
que conserve la cadencia.
Y que en una paila
los pongas en el fogn
y los vas meneando
pa’que tomen consistencia.
Le pones esencias
que nazcan del corazn,
le das la sazn
con hojitas de paciencia.
Y despus le rayas
cascaritas de limn
y haces las cancin
con tus propias experiencias.
El tiempo que se va y se va
que no se lleve la inocencia. (bis)
Sigo leyendo abajito
de donde dice advertencia
que para hace' un merenguito
la cosa tiene su ciencia. (bis)
Bail, bail
que traigo mi merenguito. (bis)
Del Caribe colombiano
como le ped a Juancito
con su toque provinciano
pa’los pobres y los ricos.
Bail, bail
que traigo mi merenguito. (bis)
Para todos mis hermanos
pa’los grandes y los chicos,
que ah les traigo la receta
para hacer un merenguito.
El tiempo que va y se va ya nunca podrs detenerlo. (bis)
Coje la vida con calma,
dejemos tanto misterio
que se nos pasan los aos
y pa' despus no hay remedio. (bis)

Lyrics translation

I write to Juancito
that I couldn't find
at inspiracin
to make a meringue
bring the flavor
what's in the province (bis)
I ask Juancito
send an answer.
and that soon
write me that merenguito.
And I thank him
for all your education
and stay waiting
relax that little favor. (bis)
I wrote to Juancito
although he is very busy man,
from his manuscript
the letter that caught my attention. (bis)
And in correspondence
I kept praying:
to make a meringue
I have the recipe.
A guacharacha,
one box, one accord
and a cheerful voice
keep the pace.
And that in a paila
put them in the fogn
and you're shaking them
to get consistency.
You put Essences on it
May they be born from the heart,
you give her the sazn
with patience sheets.
And then you scratch it
limn husks
and you do the cancin
with your own experiences.
The time that goes and goes
don't take away innocence. (bis)
I keep reading abajito
from where it says warning
that for makes ' a merenguito
the thing has its science. (bis)
Bail, bail
I brought my meringue. (bis)
Of the Colombian Caribbean
as I ask Juancito
with its provincial touch
the poor and the rich.
Bail, bail
I brought my meringue. (bis)
For all my brothers
big boys and boys,
that ah I bring you the recipe
to make a meringue.
Time goes by and you'll never be able to stop him. (bis)
Take life easy,
let's leave so much mystery
that we pass the aos
and then there's no cure. (bis)