La Charrasca - Chavela Vargas

Pasé la noche enterita escribiendo una cartita

Para poderte, vidita, convencer

Frases bonitas que hablaban con ternura

De tu atrayente figura, tus encantos de mujer

Pero no pude terminar esta cartita

Para poderte, vidita, convencer;

Tantas cosas en ella te decía

Que al final ni yo entendía y la tuve que romper

¡Churrasca…

¡Mi churrasquita…

Entendé esta palabrita que te dice

Tantas cosas y abrí tu corazón

Pasé la noche enterita consultando diccionarios

Libritos, epistolarios y formularios de amor;

Pero en ninguno de esos libros con versitos

Encontré mi amor escrito con calor

No hubo un poeta que me diera un buen consejo

Por eso, derecho viejo, yo me haré entender mejor

¡Churrasca…

¡Mi churrasquita…

Entendé esta palabrita que te dice

Tantas cosas y abrí tu corazón

I spent the whole night writing a little letter

To be able to you, little girl, convince

Beautiful phrases that spoke with tenderness

Of your attractive figure, your charms as a woman

But I couldn't finish this little letter

To be able to convince you, little girl;

So many things in it told you

That in the end I didn't even understand and I had to break it

BBQ…

My barbecue...

I understood this little word that tells you

So many things and I opened your heart

I spent the whole night consulting dictionaries

Little books, correspondence and love forms;

But in none of those books with little verses

I found my love written with heat

There wasn't a poet who gave me good advice

That's why, right old man, I'll make myself understood better

BBQ…

My barbecue...

I understood this little word that tells you

So many things and I opened your heart