Paroles et traduction Frédéric François - Chiquita

Chiquita

Ay ay ay ay Chiquita
Baila baila
Baila baila Chiquita
Sur le rythme de salsa.
Ay ay ay ay Chiquita
Baila baila baila baila Chiquita
Toute la musique de Cuba.
Ah Chiquita
Le soleil tapait si fort
Sur los habaneros
Sur la plage de sable
Fin de la bodega
Au bar del sol, abrités sous
Leurs sombreros
Ils trinquaient devant le poster
D'el Che Guevara

Quand elle est arrivée
Un collier de fleurs
Autour des hanches
La musique des solseros
S'est déclenchée.
Elle ondulait
Comme une princesse aux pieds nus
Sur les planches
Et soudain la foule
S'est mise à chanter
Ay ay ay ay Chiquita
Baila baila baila baila Chiquita
Sur le rythme de salsa.
Ay ay ay ay Chiquita
Baila baila baila baila Chiquita
Toute la musique de Cuba.
Ah Chiquita

A la nuit tombée,
Arrivèrent los marineros
Sur la plage illuminée de la Bodega
Au bar del sol
Ils dépensaient tous leurs dineros
Devant le poster géant
D'el Che Guevara.

Quand elle m'a regardé,
Mon coeur battait, battait
Tellement fort
Qu'elle m'a sourit
Et puis m'a tendu les bras.

Je me suis avancé
Et là, j'ai dansé
Jusqu'à l'aurore
Au milieu de la foule
Qui suivait nos pas.

Ay ay ay ay Chiquita
Baila baila baila
Baila Chiquita
Sur le rythme de salsa.
Ay ay ay ay Chiquita
Baila baila baila
Baila Chiquita
Toute la musique de Cuba.
Ay
Ay ay ay ay Chiquita
Baila baila baila
Baila Chiquita
Sur le rythme de salsa.
Ay ay ay ay Chiquita
Baila baila baila
Baila Chiquita
Toute la musique de Cuba.
Ay ay ay ay Chiquita
Baila baila baila
Baila Chiquita
Sur le rythme de salsa.
Ay ay ay ay Chiquita
Baila baila baila
Baila Chiquita
Toute la musique de Cuba.

Chiquita

Oh, oh, oh, oh Chiquita
Dance, dance
Dance, dance Chiquita
To the rhythm of salsa.
Oh, oh, oh, oh Chiquita
Dance, dance, dance, dance Chiquita
All the music of Cuba.
Ah Chiquita
The sun was beating down so hard
On the habaneros
On the sandy beach
End of the bodega
At the bar del sol, sheltered under
Their sombreros
They toasted before the poster
Of el Che Guevara

When she arrived
A necklace of flowers
Around her hips
The music of the solseros
Was unleashed.
She swayed
Like a barefooted princess
On the boards
And suddenly the crowd
Began to sing
Oh, oh, oh, oh Chiquita
Dance, dance, dance, dance Chiquita
To the rhythm of salsa.
Oh, oh, oh, oh Chiquita
Dance, dance, dance, dance Chiquita
All the music of Cuba.
Ah Chiquita

At nightfall,
The sailors arrived
On the illuminated beach of the Bodega
At the bar del sol
They spent all their money
In front of the giant poster
Of el Che Guevara.

When she looked at me,
My heart was beating, beating
So hard
That she smiled at me
And then held out her arms to me.

I stepped forward
And there, I danced
Until dawn
In the middle of the crowd
Who followed our every move.

Oh, oh, oh, oh Chiquita
Dance, dance, dance
Dance Chiquita
To the rhythm of salsa.
Oh, oh, oh, oh Chiquita
Dance, dance, dance
Dance Chiquita
All the music of Cuba.
Oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh Chiquita
Dance, dance, dance
Dance Chiquita
To the rhythm of salsa.
Oh, oh, oh, oh Chiquita
Dance, dance, dance
Dance Chiquita
All the music of Cuba.
Oh, oh, oh, oh Chiquita
Dance, dance, dance
Dance Chiquita
To the rhythm of salsa.
Oh, oh, oh, oh Chiquita
Dance, dance, dance
Dance Chiquita
All the music of Cuba.