La Samaria (part. Carlos Vives)

Oh, La Samaria
I’m from here, I’m from here
And I was born here, I grew up here

Oh how beautiful is the sky that covers me
And that December breeze that flows through the house
How tasty is the salt from the sea of my beach
Even though there’s no train, its mountains are snow-capped

Where the sun hits my skin
From the dreams I never woke from
The one in the sunset photo
And now I’m back to see you again

From the corner of the neighborhood dancing at the party
Where everyone drinks with the door wide open

Here, here, here
There’s no winter or spring
Here, here, here
It’s summer all year long
Here, here, here
When the mango falls and the acacia blooms
Here, here, here
A little rain shower and some fresh fruit
Here, here, here

Who wants green mango and a snow cone with cola?
Here all the sadness washes away with the waves
I grew up watching the sunset
Like I’ve never seen them again
And I learned to be happy living in the now

Because the Caribbean wraps around my soul
And if I could be born again
I’d choose this place, its color and its scent

And on a corner of the neighborhood dancing champeta
Eating butifarra until dawn

Here, here, here
There’s no winter or spring
Here, here, here
It’s summer all year long
Here, here, here
When the mango falls and the acacia blooms
Here, here, here
A little rain shower and some fresh fruit

One day I had to leave La Samaria
And the world wasn’t the same far from there
And even though fate wanted it, I tricked it, I never left
It doesn’t matter where I was
It doesn’t matter who I was with
It doesn’t matter what happened, I was from here

Here, here, here
Here, here, here

Here, here, here
There’s no winter or spring
Here, here, here
It’s summer all year long
Here, here, here
When the mango falls and the acacia blooms
Here, here, here
A ripe banana on the table

Because the Caribbean wraps around my soul
And if I had to be born again
I’d choose this place, I’d choose here and now

I’m from here, I’m from here
I was born here and I grew up here
I’m from here, I’m from here
I was born here and I grew up here