La Balsa

The Raft

La Balsa

It comes to my memory and I bear witnessViene a mi memoria y doy testimonio
Floating on a raft I saw a married coupleFlotando en una balsa yo vi un matrimonio
A huge raft was coming down the riverUna balsa inmensa, venía sobre el rio
And the children ran happily, shoutingY alegres corriendo, gritaban los niños

Here comes the raftAhí viene la balsa
Here comes the raftAhí viene la balsa
Here comes the raftAhí viene la balsa
Here comes the raftAhí viene la balsa

Parents of the bride and groom, relatives and friendsPadres de los novios, parientes y amigos
Godmothers and godfathers and pageboysMadrinas y padrinos y los pajecitos
The bride is beautiful dressed in whiteLinda está la novia vestida de blanco
With veil and crown, shyness, modestyCon velo y corona, timidez, recato
The groom dressed in black cloth and white shirtEl novio vestido de paño negro y blanca camisa
Rice for luck is watered and cheers are heardArroz para la suerte riegan se escuchan los vivas

Long live the bride and groom!Que vivan los novios
Long live the bride and groom!Que vivan los novios
Long live the bride and groom!Que vivan los novios
Long live the bride and groom!Que vivan los novios

A shawm and a thousand guestsUna chirimía y mil invitados
In the large room they are gatheringEn la sala grande están congregando
Aguardiente or biche until dawnAguardiente o biche hasta que amanezca
Pigs, chickens, turkeys or delicacies, that touches calfMarranos, gallinas, pavos o manjares, que toque becerra

Let it be a calf's touchQue toque becerra
Long live the party!Que viva la fiesta
Let it be a calf's touchQue toque becerra
Three days of celebrationTres dias de fiesta

The dance is over and a thousand white handkerchiefsYa se acabó el baile y mil pañuelos blancos
They say goodbye to the bride and groom and go to their ranchDespiden a los novios y se van a su rancho
In a ranched canoe dressed in flowersEn canoa ranchada vestida de flores
And the young girls sigh with loveY las jovencitas suspiran de amores

There goes the canoeAhí va la canoa
There goes the canoeAhi va la canoa
There goes the canoeAhi va la canoa
There goes the canoeAhi va la canoa
There goes the canoeAhi va la canoa
There goes the canoeAhi va la canoa