Macorina

Macorina

Macorina

Put your hand here, MacorinaPonme la mano aquí, Macorina
Put your hand herePonme la mano aquí
Put your hand here, MacorinaPonme la mano aquí, Macorina
Put your hand herePonme la mano aquí

Your feet left the matTus pies dejaban la estera
And your skirt slipped awayY se escapaba tu saya
Searching for the green lineBuscando la verde raya
That, seeing your fine figureQue al ver tu talle tan fino
The sugarcaneLas cañas azucareras
Would lay down in your pathSe echaban por el camino
So you could grind itPara que tu las molieras
As if you were a millComo si fueses molino

Put your hand here, MacorinaPonme la mano aquí, Macorina
Put your hand herePonme la mano aquí
Put your hand here, MacorinaPonme la mano aquí, Macorina
Put your hand herePonme la mano aquí

Your breasts like sweet fruitTus senos carne de anón
Your mouth a blessingTu boca una bendición
Like ripe soursopDe guanábana madura
And your slender waistY era tu fina cintura
Was the same as that danceLa misma de aquel danzon

Put your hand here, MacorinaPonme la mano aquí, Macorina
Put your hand herePonme la mano aquí
Put your hand here, MacorinaPonme la mano aquí, Macorina
Put your hand herePonme la mano aquí

Then the dawn comesDespués el amanecer
That takes you from my armsQue de mis brazos te lleva
And I don’t know what to doY yo sin saber que hacer
With that scent of a womanDe aquel olor a mujer
Of mango and fresh caneA mango y a caña nueva
That filled me to the rhythmCon que me llenaste al son
Hot from that danceCaliente de aquel danzon

Put your hand here, MacorinaPonme la mano aquí, Macorina
Put your hand herePonme la mano aquí
Put your hand here, MacorinaPonme la mano aquí, Macorina
Put your hand herePonme la mano aquí