Rapsodia en La Mayor (para Elena)
Carlos Vives
Rhapsody in A Major (for Elena)
With a gentle tone, she told me to take a seat
To stay alert, and then she sat at the piano
She looks at me for a moment, back straight and silent
She played in one breath, Rhapsody in A major
Look deep inside and calm
Her hands seem to touch my soul
That cry out
Look at her long legs
They seem like two notes on the staff
That leap
She is so happy
She doesn't know war
She lives like this
Dancing among the stones
She is so happy
She doesn't know sorrow
She lives like this
And makes the earth spin
But I have a question
Do you think I have long legs?
With a gentle tone
She asked, and what about the country?
Why is everything so bloody?
Common sense, please
She's already shown her claws
Posture, height, and argument
Now she plays on the guitar
The blues and rock 'n' roll
Look deep inside and calm
Her hands seem to touch my soul
That cry out
Look at her long legs
They seem like two notes on the staff
That leap
She is so happy
She doesn't know war
She lives like this
Dancing among the stones
She is so happy
She doesn't know sorrow
She lives like this
And makes the earth spin
She is growing up, she's a girl from here
She talks, sings, plays like a girl from here
She is a girl, she is my lady, no doubt
She may not seem like it, but she knows everything
Ahh ahh in her own way
She has a world that spins her way
Ahh ahh they make a circle
She’s in the chorus Mi Mi Mi Do Mi Re Do
She is so happy
She doesn't know war
She lives like this
Dancing among the stones
She is so happy
She doesn't know sorrow
She lives like this
And makes the earth spin
She already has a suitor
She likes to live in skirts
She writes in notebooks
Stories that we love
She looks good in a hat
They cut her hair in layers
She plays in the band
They call her long legs
Hey! But what’s going on with you?
What do you think?
You think you can call me long legs
Just like that all of a sudden?
You know I can call my friends
And we can destroy you!
You know well that I’m friends with Alicia
Antonia, Gaby, Vero, Lilu, July, Lugo, and Oli
You know well that it’s just a call
And you’re completely fried!
Ah, those moments
They remind me of freedom, uh!
I don’t know!