El Paraiso
Celia Cruz feat. Willie Colón Lyrics

Muerde la manzana Adán,
Adam, take a bite of that apple

muerde la manzana. (bis)
take a bite of that apple (repeat)

En ese gran paraíso,
In that great paradise,

lo que le pasó a Adán:
what happened to Adam was this:

Por culpa de una mujer,
Because of a woman,

se comió la cruel manzana.
he ate that cruel apple.

Sin pensar que con el tiempo,
Without thinking that eventually,

por esa mala mordida,
because of that bad bite,

malogró la imagen bella
he damaged the beautiful image

que tienen todos los hombres.
that all men possess.

Ese animal le decía,
That animal told her,

a la inocente mujer,
to the innocent woman,

que mordiera el fruto cruel
to bite that cruel fruit

y feliz se sentiría.
and she would feel happy.

No le hizo caso a Dios,
She didn't listen to God,

que ese fruto no comiera.
who told her not to eat that fruit.

Por culpa de esa mordida
Because of that bite,

este mundo se perdió.
this world was lost.

El Señor le dijo a ella:
The Lord said to her,

Por esa desovediencia,
Because of her disobedience,

con dolor y con vergüenza
with pain and with shame

darás a luz en la Tierra.
you will give birth on the Earth.

Mirandole a él le dijo:
She looked at him and said,

gastarás tus energías,
you will spend your energy,

para que yo te perdone
so that I can forgive you

pasarán miles de días.
thousands of days will pass.

Por culpa de esa mordida,
Because of that bite,

este mundo se perdió.
this world was lost.

(Improvisa)
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