Translation of the song La chula artist Miguel Bosé
La chula
La Chula
La chula tiene un encanto felino
La chula has a cat-like charm
Cuerpo mulato divino
a divine mulatto body
Dieciseis años le dan
they say she's sixteen
Y dicen que es mitad santa o demente
And they say she's half saint or crazy
Que es diferente a la gente
that she's different to people
Se rie del que diran
she laughs about what they say
Comentan ay! Por favor mire usted!
They tell hey! Please look!
Murmuran ay! Por favor fijese!
They murmur hey! Please look!
La chula da a cada cual su poquito
La Chula gives her bit to each one
Te habla al oido bajito
she talks to your ear softly
Sabe como enamorar
she knows how to win love
(Estribillo:)
(chorus:)
Y todo ese misterio que tiene la chula
And all that mystery La Chula has
Los hombres se preguntan ¿para quien sera?
men wonder, for who it is?
Su piel y su cintura si las diera a otra
Her skin and her waist if she gives them to another
Preguntan las mujeres ¿para quien sera?
women wonder, for who they are?
El brillo de sus ojos, su color de pelo
The shine in her eyes, the color of her hair
Preguntan las sirenas ¿para quien sera?
mermaids wonder, for who they are?
Que si un poco de amor cayera de sus manos
That if a bit of love fell from her hands
Y nadie supo nunca para quien sera...
and nobody ever knew for who it is...
Ay! Virgen santa... Ay! San Jose (x2)
Oh! Holy virgin... Oh! Saint Joe (x2)
Ahi va la chula! Ay! Mire usted!
There goes La Chula! Oh! Look!
La chula baila a su ritmo el destino
La Chula dances destiny to her beat
Lee tu futuro en la arena y en caracolas de mar
reads our future in the sand and in the seashells
Preciso que su paisaje es tan tierno
I specify that her landscape is so tender
Que paraiso e infierno la mano en ellas se dan
that heaven and hell meet in her
Comentan ay! Por favor mire usted!
They tell hey! Please look!
Murmuran ay! Por favor fijese!
They murmur hey! Please look!
Sonriendo va con su estela dejando
Smiling she goes with her tail leaving
Suave perfume de mango, brisa de flor tropical
a soft smell of mango, breeze of tropical flower
Estribillo
chorus
Ay! Virgen santa... Ay! San Jose
Oh! Holy virgin... Oh! Saint Joe
Ahi va la chula! A, a, a, ay! Mire usted!
There goes La Chula! Oh! Look!
La chula, caramba! Caramba, la chula!
La chula, caramba! Caramba, la chula!
La chula, caramba! Caramba, la chula!
La chula, caramba! Caramba, la chula!
La chula la del encanto felino
La chula of the a cat-like charm
Cuerpo mulato divino un dia no aparecio
and divine mulatto body didn't appear one day
Y cuentan que algun poder sobrehumano
And they say some superhuman power
La convirtio en una estrella
turned her into a star
Y al firmamento subio
and she went to the sky
Estribillo
chorus
(Ay! Virgen santa! Ay! San Jose!
Oh! Holy virgin... Oh! Saint Joe
Hay va la chula... Ay! Mire usted)
There goes La Chula! Oh! Look!
Ay! Virgen santa! Ay! San Jose!
Oh! Holy virgin... Oh! Saint Joe
Hay va la chula, ay! Mire usted (x2)
There goes La Chula! Oh! Look!