Song: | La Invitación |
Singer: | Jorge Celedón, Jimmy Zambrano |
Music: | Jorge Celedón |
Lyrics: | Jorge Celedón |
Album: | La invitación (2009) |
La Invitación Lyrics English Translation
Greetings from Colombia to everyone
With this song that is born in the heart
Forgive me if with my singing I interrupt you
I ask for 3 little minutes of your attention
I want to tell you about the valley and the mountain
About how the brown-colored crops look
About how my land smells when it’s bathed
With little drops of fresh water that God sends
My holy land
Told me to extend the invitation to you
To the party
Oh, so we can sing together with my accordion
For the carnival in Barranquilla
For the Monserrate of Bogotá
For the beautiful Fairs of Cali
Vallenato Festival in Valledupar
For the beautiful beaches of Cartagena
Santa Marta and the Sea Festivals
For the aguardiente and the good things
Come to have Colombian coffee
For the Festival of Flowers
We have in Medellín
The party in my Guajira
And the corn arepas
For my people who are so good
And for the name of my nation
Colombia opens its doors
Of its immense heart
Oh man!
San Andrés and Providencia
Ayayay
From Leticia to my Guajira
For San Pedro, join the little party
And from there to Bucaramanga, the Beautiful City
They thought I would forget the purest
Of the one who gave me life and makes me happy
The holy child knows it and the whole world
Oh, the most beautiful women are here
The Plains dance joyfully with the joropo
The porro of my Savannah come to feel
Oh, the females dancing cumbias drive us crazy
And I swear that when you come, it will happen to you too
My holy land
Told me to extend the invitation to you
To the party
Oh, so we can sing together with my accordion
For the carnival in Barranquilla
For the Monserrate of Bogotá
For the beautiful Fairs of Cali
Vallenato Festival in Valledupar
For the beautiful beaches of Cartagena
Santa Marta and the Sea Festivals
For the aguardiente and the good things
Come to have Colombian coffee
For the Festival of Flowers
We have in Medellín
The party in my Guajira
And the corn arepas
For my people who are so good
And for the name of my nation
Colombia opens its doors
Of its immense heart
Ayayay
And to the Carnival of Whites and Blacks
Let’s go, let’s go!!
Here I extend the invitation to you
To the Cradle of Accordions, Villanueva
Sincelejo and Montería, dance, dance
Continue to the Boyacense Christmas and the Ocaña Carnival
Cúcuta, here I come, there we’ll see each other