Paroles et traduction Carlos Vives - Carito

Carito

Pensaba yo en estos tiempos de incomprensiones y desencantos
En tantas buenas razones para soñar sin desfallecer
Y pensaba con nostalgia de la inocencia de aquellos años
De esos primeros amores que al recordar vuelven a nacer
Y recorro en mi memoria aquellos tiempos de Carito
Ella era una miss de Boston que daba clases en la escuela
Le gustaba el español y aunque lo hablaba poquito
Tenía esos ojos bonitos que hablaban muy bien por ella
Carito me habla en inglés
Que bonito se le ve
Carito me habla en inglés
Que me dice yo no sé
Carito me habla en inglés
Que bonito se le ve
Carito me habla en inglés
Que me dice yo no sé
Carlitos don't be like that
Now listen to me you will pay attention
I need you to write in English
Muy perfecto paragraph
And tell me where did you learn
Donde tú aprender to be tan coqueto
Remember nada de fútbol
Until you finish the work you have
Y me daba una sonrisa y yo me quedaba loquito
Y después en el examen lo ponía todo al revés
Carito se fue del Valle yo la recuerdo cantando
Porque me dejó muy triste para su tierra se fue
Carito me habla en inglés
Que bonito se le ve
Carito me habla en inglés
Que me dice yo no sé
Carito me habla en inglés
Que bonito se le ve
Carito me habla en inglés
Que me dice yo no sé
(Te llevaría para mi tierra)
Carito dime que sí
Que no me quiero morir
Carito don't tell me no
Que me muero por tu amor
Carito dime que sí
Que no me quiero morir
Carito don't tell me no
Que me muero por tu amor
Que importa la raza tampoco el idioma
Si al fin lo que cuenta es lo buena persona
Si es del altiplano, de tierra caliente
Si al fin lo que vale es que sea buena gente
Que importa su credo, sí es hombre influyente
Si al fin lo que cuenta es la gente decente
No importa si es blanco sí es pobre y famoso
Si al fin lo que vale es que cante sabroso

Dear Carito

I was thinking about these times of misunderstandings and disappointments
About so many good reasons to dream without giving up
And I thought with nostalgia of the innocence of those years
Of those first loves that when we remember them, they are born again
I run through my memory of those times with Carito
She was a miss from Boston who taught at school
She liked Spanish and although she spoke a little
She had those beautiful eyes that spoke very well for her
Carito speaks to me in English
How beautiful she looks
Carito speaks to me in English
What she says, I don't know
Carito speaks to me in English
How beautiful she looks
Carito speaks to me in English
What she says, I don't know
Carlitos, don't be like that
Now listen to me, you will pay attention
I need you to write in English
A very perfect paragraph
And tell me where did you learn
Where you learned to be so flirtatious
Remember, none of that soccer
Until you finish the work you have
And she gave me a smile and I was crazy about her
And then in the exam, I put everything upside down
Carito left the Valley, I remember her singing
Because she left me very sad, she went to her land
Carito speaks to me in English
How beautiful she looks
Carito speaks to me in English
What she says, I don't know
Carito speaks to me in English
How beautiful she looks
Carito speaks to me in English
What she says, I don't know
(I would take you to my land)
Carito, tell me yes
May I not die
Carito, don't tell me no
That I'll die for your love
Carito, tell me yes
May I not die
Carito, don't tell me no
That I'll die for your love
What does race matter, neither does language
If in the end, what matters is being a good person
Whether from the highlands, from the hot lands
If in the end, what matters is being good people
What does their creed matter, if they are influential people
If in the end, what matters is decent people
It doesn't matter if they are white, if they are poor and famous
If in the end, what matters is that they know how to sing