Mi Mamá Me Ha Dicho

My Mom Has Told Me

Mi Mamá Me Ha Dicho

My mom has told meMi mamá me ha dicho
Not to marry a rich womanQue no me case con una rica
Because every nightPorque todas las noches
She jumps and jumps, jumps and jumpsBrinca que brinca, brinca que brinca

My mom has told meMi mamá me ha dicho
Not to marry a poor womanQue no me case con una pobre
Because all night longPorque toda la noche
She cries and cries, cries and criesLlore que llore, llore que llore

Oh! I'm dying of love, gentlemen¡Ay! que me muero de amores señores
My belly hurts, CiriloQue me duele el ombligo, cirilo
I'm walking to whereQue me voy caminando pa' donde
To the count's house and whatA la casa del conde y a que
I don't know, oh! my enemiesEso si no lo sé, ¡ay! mis enemigos

My mom has told meMi mamá me ha dicho
Not to marry a skinny womanQue no me case con una flaca
Because all night longPorque toda la noche
She can't handle anything, can't handle anythingNada que aguanta, nada que aguanta

My mom has told meMi mamá me ha dicho
Not to marry a fat womanQue no me case con una gorda
Because all night longPorque toda la noche
She breaks the bed, she breaks the bedMe tumba el catre, me tumba el catre

Oh! I'm dying of love, gentlemen¡Ay! que me muero de amores señores
My belly hurts, CiriloQue me duele el ombligo, cirilo
I'm walking to whereQue me voy caminando pa' donde
To the count's house and whatA la casa del conde y a que
I don't know, oh! my enemiesEso si no lo sé, ¡ay! mis enemigos

(My mom just doesn't want me to marry(Mi mamá lo que quiere es que no me case
Not to marry, not to tie myself down)Que no me case, que no me amarre)

(Tell Macorina to bring a güiro(Dile a Macorina que se traiga un güiro
This party is not, not ending)Que esta rumba no, no se está acabando)