Lyrics of La Charrasca - Chavela Vargas

La Charrasca (original)

Pasé la noche enterita escribiendo una cartita
Para poderte, vidita, convencer
Frases bonitas que hablaban con ternura
De tu atrayente figura, tus encantos de mujer
Pero no pude terminar esta cartita
Para poderte, vidita, convencer;
Tantas cosas en ella te decía
Que al final ni yo entendía y la tuve que romper
¡Churrasca…
¡Mi churrasquita…
Entendé esta palabrita que te dice
Tantas cosas y abrí tu corazón
Pasé la noche enterita consultando diccionarios
Libritos, epistolarios y formularios de amor;
Pero en ninguno de esos libros con versitos
Encontré mi amor escrito con calor
No hubo un poeta que me diera un buen consejo
Por eso, derecho viejo, yo me haré entender mejor
¡Churrasca…
¡Mi churrasquita…
Entendé esta palabrita que te dice
Tantas cosas y abrí tu corazón

(translation)

I spent the whole night writing a little letter
To be able to you, little girl, convince
Beautiful phrases that spoke with tenderness
Of your attractive figure, your charms as a woman
But I couldn't finish this little letter
To be able to convince you, little girl;
So many things in it told you
That in the end I didn't even understand and I had to break it
BBQ…
My barbecue...
I understood this little word that tells you
So many things and I opened your heart
I spent the whole night consulting dictionaries
Little books, correspondence and love forms;
But in none of those books with little verses
I found my love written with heat
There wasn't a poet who gave me good advice
That's why, right old man, I'll make myself understood better
BBQ…
My barbecue...
I understood this little word that tells you
So many things and I opened your heart