Juan Luis Guerra

Bachata rosa - English translation

Album:
Bachata rosa (1990)
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Bachata rosa

Te regalo una rosa
La encontré en el camino
No sé si está desnuda
O tiene un solo vestido
No, no lo sé
 
Si la riega el verano
O se embriaga de olvido
Si alguna vez fue amada
O tiene amor escondido
 
Ay, ayayay, amor
Eres la rosa que me da calor
Eres el sueño de mi soledad
Un letargo de azul
Un eclipse de mar, pero
 
Ay, ayayay, amor
Yo soy satélite y tú eres mi sol
Un universo de agua mineral
Un espacio de luz
Que sólo llenas tú, ay amor
 
Ay, ayayay
Ay, ayayay
 
Te regalo mis manos
Mis párpados caídos
El beso más profundo
El que se ahoga en un gemido, oh
 
Te regalo un otoño
Un día entre abril y junio
Un rayo de ilusiones
Un corazón al desnudo
 
Ay, ayayay, amor
Eres la rosa que me da calor
Eres el sueño de mi soledad
Un letargo de azul
Un eclipse de mar, vida
 
Ay, ayayay, amor
Yo soy satélite y tú eres mi sol
Un universo de agua mineral
Un espacio de luz
Que sólo llenas tú, ay amor
 
Ay, ayayay
Ay, ayayay

Bachata Rosa

I offer you a rose
that I found on the way
I do not know if it is denuded
or if it wears an unique dress
No, I do not know...
If summer waters it
or if oblivion inebriates it
if it was ever loved once before
or if it has a love in secret
 
Ay yayay, my love
You are the rose that warms me
You are the dream of my loneliness
a lethargy in blue
an eclipse in the sea, but ...
Ay yayay, my love
I am a satellite and you are my sun
an universe of mineral water
a space of light...
that only you can fill,
ay amor!
 
I gift you my hands,...
my droopy eyelids,...
the deepest kiss,...
which drowns in a moan,
 
I gift you an autumn
a day between April and June
a ray of illusions
a heart in nude
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In Spanish, rose is of feminine genre, that's why Guerra says "if it has an unique dress". One of my fav's of his beautiful songs ;)

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Don Juan Don Juan M
20 May 2022, 13:51

Duplicates have been merged, which may have resulted in changes to the lyrics you first translated. Please check your translation for corresponding updates as well. Thank you.

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