Paroles et traduction Raffaella Carrà - África

África

Tú-pa, tutu-pá
Tú-pa, tutu-pá
Tú-pa, tutu-pá
Tú-pa, pom

Eh-oh
Oh-oh
Entre el rey Bantú, el babús y el zulú
Cuando yo llegué, ¡vaya lío que se armó!

Eh-oh
Oh-oh

Para mí, pensé: "¡qué feísimos que son!
"Me van a comer, aquí no me quedo yo"

Eh-oh
Oh-oh

Iban tan pintados que no pude comprender
Que me sonreían y decían: "ven a ver"

África
Al sonido del tam-tam, todos bailan sin parar, estás en África
África
Con su mágico poder, hechizada por la luna me quedé

Dijo el rey Bantú: "esta me la quedo yo"
Y los otros dos: "eso no lo crees ni tú"

Eh-oh
Oh-oh

Y como los tres me querían conseguir
Les propuse yo que me dieran a elegir

Eh-oh
Oh-oh

Mientras lo pensaban me traían para mí
Gemas y diamantes, esmeraldas y marfil

África
Al sonido del tam-tam, todos bailan sin parar, estás en África
África
Con su mágico poder, hechizada por la luna me quedé

África
Al sonido del tam-tam, todos bailan sin parar, estás en África
África
Con su mágico poder, hechizada por la luna me quedé

Pum-pa, pum-pum-pá
Pum-pa, pum-pum-pá
Pum-pa, pum-pum-pá
Pum-pa, pom

Eh-oh
Oh-oh

Mientras lo pensaban me traían para mí
Gemas y diamantes, esmeraldas y marfil

África
Al sonido del tam-tam, todos bailan sin parar, estás en África
África
Con su mágico poder, hechizada por la luna me quedé

Pum-pa, pum-pum-pá
Pum-pa, pum-pum-pá
Pum-pa, pum-pum-pá
Pum-pa, pom

Eh-oh
Oh-oh

Mientras lo pensaban me traían para mí
Gemas y diamantes, esmeraldas y marfil

África
Al sonido del tam-tam, todos bailan sin parar, estás en África
África
Con su mágico poder, hechizada por la luna me quedé

África
Al sonido del tam-tam, todos bailan sin parar, estás en África
África
Con su mágico poder, hechizada por la luna me quedé

Africa

Doo-wah, doo-wah
Doo-wah, doo-wah
Doo-wah, doo-wah
Doo-wah, hey

Ee-oh
Oh-oh
Among the Bantu king and the Bushman and the Zulu
When I arrived, boy, what a mess they put me through

Ee-oh
Oh-oh

And as they were all painted up I couldn't understand
That they were all smilin' and they said, "Come on, take my hand"

Ee-oh
Oh-oh

I went to see the center on a safari
Ran into some witchdoctors on a pleasure raft

Africa
To the beat of the tam-tam, everybody dance now, you're in Africa
Africa
With its magic spell, I was enchanted by the moonlight

The Bantu king said, "This one's mine"
And the other two said, "You can't have her, she's mine"

Ee-oh
Oh-oh

And as the three of them were arguing over me
I said, "Stop this fighting, let us be free"

Ee-oh
Oh-oh

Then I suggested they just drop the whole affair
And they could have a drink with me instead

Africa
To the beat of the tam-tam, everybody dance now, you're in Africa
Africa
With its magic spell, I was enchanted by the moonlight

Africa
To the beat of the tam-tam, everybody dance now, you're in Africa
Africa
With its magic spell, I was enchanted by the moonlight

Doo-wah, doo-wah-hey
Doo-wah, doo-wah-hey
Doo-wah, doo-wah-hey
Doo-wah, hey

Ee-oh
Oh-oh

Then I suggested they just drop the whole affair
And they could have a drink with me instead

Africa
To the beat of the tam-tam, everybody dance now, you're in Africa
Africa
With its magic spell, I was enchanted by the moonlight

Doo-wah, doo-wah-hey
Doo-wah, doo-wah-hey
Doo-wah, doo-wah-hey
Doo-wah, hey

Ee-oh
Oh-oh

Then I suggested they just drop the whole affair
And they could have a drink with me instead

Africa
To the beat of the tam-tam, everybody dance now, you're in Africa
Africa
With its magic spell, I was enchanted by the moonlight

Africa
To the beat of the tam-tam, everybody dance now, you're in Africa
Africa
With its magic spell, I was enchanted by the moonlight