Текст и перевод песни Carlos Vives - La Piragua

La Piragua

Me contaron los abuelos que hace tiempo
Navegaba en el Cesar una piragua
Que partía del Banco, viejo puerto
A las playas de amor en Chimichagua
Capoteando el vendaval se estremecía
Impacible, desafiaba la tormenta
Y un ejército de estrellas la seguía
Tachonándola de luz y de leyenda
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua y era la piragua
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua y era la piragua
Doce bogas con la piel color majagua
Y con ellas el temible Pedro Albundía
Por las noches a los remos arrancaban
Su melódico rugir de hermosa cumbia
Doce sombras ahora viejas ya no reman
Ya no cruje el maderamen en el agua
Solo quedan los recuerdos en la arena
Donde yace dormitando la piragua
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua y era la piragua
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua y era la piragua
La piragua
La piragua
La piragua

The Piragua

My grandparents told me that long ago
A piragua sailed the Cesar River
Departing from Banco, an old port
To the beaches of love in Chimichagua
Capsizing in the storm, it would tremble
Impatiently, it would defy the tempest
And an army of stars would follow it
Dotting it with light and legend
It was the piragua of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the piragua and it was the piragua
It was the piragua of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the piragua and it was the piragua
Twelve rowers with mahogany skin
And among them the fearsome Pedro Albundía
At night, they would row to the rhythm
Of their melodic cumbia roar
Twelve shadows now old no longer row
The wooden timbers no longer creak in the water
Only memories remain in the sand
Where the piragua lies dormant
It was the piragua of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the piragua and it was the piragua
It was the piragua of Guillermo Cubillos
It was the piragua and it was the piragua
The piragua
The piragua
The piragua