El Carretero
Ochoa Eliades Lyrics
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Ay, por el camino del sitio mío
Un carretero alegre pasó
Ay, con su canciones muy queridas
Muy sentida alegre cantó
Me voy al transbordador (bam-bam)
Me voy al transbordador (bam-bam)
A descargar la carreta (bam-bam)
Para cumplir con la meta (bam-bam)
De mi penosa labor
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
Soy guajiro y carretero (bam-bam)
Y en el campo vivo bien que (bam-bam)
Soy guajiro y carretero (bam-bam)
Y en el campo vivo bien (bam-bam)
Porque el campo es el Edén (bam-bam)
Más lindo del mundo entero (bam-bam)
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
Yo trabajo sin reposo (bam-bam)
Para poderme casar (bam-bam)
Y yo trabajo sin reposo (bam-bam)
Para poderme casar (bam-bam)
Y si lo llego a lograr (bam-bam)
Seré un guajiro dichoso
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
Ay, por el camino del sitio mío
Un carretero alegre pasó
Con su canciones muy queridas
Muy sentida alegre cantó
Me voy al transbordador (bam-bam)
A descargar la carreta (bam-bam)
Me voy al transbordador (bam-bam)
A descargar la carreta (bam-bam)
Para cumplir con la meta (bam-bam)
De mi penosa labor
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
Chapea el monte, cultiva el llano
Recoge el fruto de tu sudor
Chapea el monte, cultiva el llano
Recoge el fruto de tu sudor
The song "El Carretero" by Ochoa Eliades is about a joyful cart driver making his way along the road. The first stanza describes the cart driver passing by the singer's home and singing his favorite songs. The chorus reveals the cart driver's destination: to unload his cart and fulfill his difficult work's goal.
The second stanza tells us that the singer is a "guajiro" (a Cuban field hand or farmer) and a cart driver who lives in the countryside. He sees his life working with horses and carts as excellent, and the countryside he works in as the most beautiful in the world. Then the singer says that they are heading to the mountains to Chapea (clear) the bushes and cultivate the plains, working hard to collect the fruit of their labor.
The third stanza reveals the singer's ultimate goal: to work tirelessly so that he can get married and become a happy "guajiro." Finally, the chorus is repeated, emphasizing the importance of working hard, planting, cultivating the fields, and reaping the fruits of one's labor.
Line by Line Meaning
Ay, por el camino del sitio mío
As I was walking along the path of my land
Un carretero alegre pasó
A happy cart driver passed by
Ay, con su canciones muy queridas
Singing his beloved songs
Muy sentida alegre cantó
Singing with heartfelt joy
Me voy al transbordador (bam-bam)
I'm heading to the ferry (bam-bam)
A descargar la carreta (bam-bam)
To unload the cart (bam-bam)
Para cumplir con la meta (bam-bam)
To meet my labor's goal (bam-bam)
De mi penosa labor
Of my arduous work
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
We're riding horses to the mountains
Soy guajiro y carretero (bam-bam)
I am a peasant and a cart driver (bam-bam)
Y en el campo vivo bien que (bam-bam)
And I live well in the countryside (bam-bam)
Porque el campo es el Edén (bam-bam)
Because the countryside is Eden (bam-bam)
Más lindo del mundo entero (bam-bam)
The most beautiful in the whole world (bam-bam)
Yo trabajo sin reposo (bam-bam)
I work without rest (bam-bam)
Para poderme casar (bam-bam)
So I can get married (bam-bam)
Y si lo llego a lograr (bam-bam)
And if I achieve it (bam-bam)
Seré un guajiro dichoso
I'll be a happy peasant
Chapea el monte, cultiva el llano
Clear the mountains, cultivate the plains
Recoge el fruto de tu sudor
Reap the fruits of your labor
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Guillermo Portabales
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@ruthmariavilhenadosreis4833
Sou brasileira, nasci em Minas Gerais ,Jesuânia, esta música me lembra a luta dos trabalhadores do campo! Lembranças da infância!
@ruthmariavilhenadosreis4833
Por favor coloquem a tradução em português
@susyguzman4609
Que linda canción, bella y rítmica interpretación.
Me encanta.
@kennethbrady
This song goes straight to my soul. How did this person, from a different culture and a different language find my soul and soothe it so? The beauty of art, I guess. Transcend all the barriers we humans create. Thank you Eliades Ochoa!!
@mariamarfil1620
That’s what Cuban music does to the soul!
Thank you! 🥰🇨🇺🎵🎶
@kennethbrady
@Maria Marfil 🥰
@juanburgos9556
linda música, felicitaciones a los amigos cubanos desde Lima Perú.
@cowboy5386
Soy hondureño y admiro mucho la musica guajira cubana siendo esta canción la que más me gusta y esta versión que encontré hoy en Youtube. Gracias por compartir.
@bigbearplaster
buscala por portabales
@karizio
A mi tambien. Soy de Brasil