Paroles et traduction José Luis Perales - América

América

Me hueles a merengue y a bolero
A caña y a café
Me hueles a corrido y a charango
Carnavalito y miel

Me hueles a maracas y a guitarra
A gaucho solitario y a sabana
A piel morena y sal
Me hueles a canela y a bananas
Querida siempre, y siempre maltratada
Soñando libertad

América, América
Me hueles a guayaba, a cordillera helada
A tierra verde y lluvia tropical
Me hueles a pradera y a eterna primavera
Me hueles a futuro y libertad

América, América
Me hueles a guayaba, a cordillera helada
A tierra verde y lluvia tropical
Me hueles a pradera y a eterna primavera
Me hueles a futuro y libertad

Me hueles a tabaco y a manises
A dátiles y a ron
Me hueles a emigrantes que se fueron
Cantando una canción

Me hueles a torrente y a quebrada
A sangre campesina derramada
Para tu libertad
Me hueles a mujer enamorada
Querida siempre, y siempre abandonada
Soñando frente al mar

América, América
Me hueles a guayaba, a cordillera helada
A tierra verde y lluvia tropical
Me hueles a pradera y a eterna primavera
Me hueles a futuro y libertad

América, América
Me hueles a guayaba, a cordillera helada
A tierra verde y lluvia tropical
Me hueles a pradera y a eterna primavera
Me hueles a futuro y libertad

América, América
Me hueles a guayaba, a cordillera helada
A tierra verde y lluvia tropical
Me hueles a pradera y a eterna primavera
Me hueles a futuro y libertad
América, América

America

You smell like merengue and bolero
Like cane and coffee
You smell like corridos and charangos
Carnavalito and honey

You smell like maracas and guitars
Like a lonely gaucho and the savanna
Like dark skin and salt
You smell like cinnamon and bananas
My darling, always beloved, always abused
Dreaming of freedom

America, America
You smell like guava, like icy mountain ranges
Like green earth and tropical rain
You smell like prairie and eternal spring
You smell like the future and freedom

America, America
You smell like guava, like icy mountain ranges
Like green earth and tropical rain
You smell like prairie and eternal spring
You smell like the future and freedom

You smell like tobacco and peanuts
Like dates and rum
You smell like the emigrants who left
Singing a song

You smell like a torrent and a creek
Like the spilled blood of peasants
For your freedom
You smell like a woman in love
My darling, always beloved, always forsaken
Dreaming by the sea

America, America
You smell like guava, like icy mountain ranges
Like green earth and tropical rain
You smell like prairie and eternal spring
You smell like the future and freedom

America, America
You smell like guava, like icy mountain ranges
Like green earth and tropical rain
You smell like prairie and eternal spring
You smell like the future and freedom

America, America
You smell like guava, like icy mountain ranges
Like green earth and tropical rain
You smell like prairie and eternal spring
You smell like the future and freedom
America, America