Paroles et traduction Teresa Parodi - Oye, Manuela

Oye, Manuela

Oye, Manuela
No me pongas esa cara de pena
Que la noche todavía no llega
La barca ya volverá

Oye, Manuela
Déjate de andar pensando zonceras
Vente adentro y ponte a hacer las tareas
Que el río lo traerá
El río lo traerá

Y cuando llegue haremos torta de maíz
Y mazamorra, Manuela
Pondremos vino en damajuana en las mesas
Y haremos fiesta, calle arriba, Manuela
Hasta la iglesia Merced

Óyelo, Manuela
Pero óyelo, óyelo, óyelo, óyelo bien
Óyelo, Manuela, pero óyelo bien
Óyelo bien, óyelo bien

Mira, mira, mira, mira, Manuela
La luna deja su tambora en el agua
La tocaremos con las manos y el alma
Para ayudarlo a volver

Todos los negros
Vendrán bailando a festejar en el pueblo
Que por el río regresó tu moreno
Manuela, óyelo, óyelo bien
Manuela, óyelo bien

No me repitas
Lo que dicen esos hombres de afuera
La tormenta ya ha pasado, Manuela
Y ahorita viene José
Y ahorita viene José

Cuando llegue haremos torta de maíz
Y mazamorra, Manuela
Pondremos vino en damajuana en las mesas
Y haremos fiesta, calle arriba, Manuela
Hasta la iglesia Merced

Óyelo, Manuela
Pero óyelo, óyelo, óyelo, óyelo bien (hasta la iglesia Merced)
Óyelo, Manuela, pero óyelo bien (hasta la iglesia Merced)

Óyelo, Manuela (hasta la iglesia Merced)
Pero óyelo, óyelo, óyelo, óyelo, óyelo bien (hasta la iglesia Merced)
Óyelo, Manuela, pero óyelo bien (hasta la iglesia Merced)

Óyelo bien
Óyelo bien, bien, bien, bien

Hey, Manuela

Hey, Manuela
Don't give me that sad face
For the night is not here yet
The boat will return

Hey, Manuela
Stop thinking foolish thoughts
Come inside and do your chores
For the river will bring him back
The river will bring him back

And when he arrives, we will make corn cakes
And mazamorra, Manuela
We will put wine in jugs on the tables
And we will celebrate, up the street, Manuela
To the Merced Church

Listen, Manuela
But listen, listen, listen, listen well
Listen, Manuela, but listen well
Listen well, listen well

Look, look, look, look, Manuela
The moon leaves its drum in the water
We will play it with our hands and souls
To help him return

All the blacks
Will come dancing to celebrate in the village
That your moreno has returned by the river
Manuela, listen, listen well
Manuela, listen well

Don't repeat
What those men outside are saying
The storm has passed, Manuela
And José is coming now
And José is coming now

When he arrives, we will make corn cakes
And mazamorra, Manuela
We will put wine in jugs on the tables
And we will celebrate, up the street, Manuela
To the Merced Church

Listen, Manuela
But listen, listen, listen, listen well (to the Merced Church)
Listen, Manuela, but listen well (to the Merced Church)

Listen, Manuela (to the Merced Church)
But listen, listen, listen, listen, listen well (to the Merced Church)
Listen, Manuela, but listen well (to the Merced Church)

Listen well
Listen well, well, well, well