Santana, "Oye Como Va"

[Heidi]

Carlos Santana;
Oye como va, mi ritmo. Bueno pa' gozar, mulata.

Free Translation:
It hears as goes, my rhythm. Good pa' they enjoy, mulatto.
AltaVista/Babelfish:
It hears as it goes, my rate. Good pá for enjoying, mulata.

I think it roughly means...Here I go with my rhythm. Its good to enjoy.... (mulata, dark-skinned woman?)
OR... 'getting my groove on with a dark-skinned woman'...?

Anyone know for sure?

[PLEASURE PASOFINO]

Carlos Santana;
Oye como va, mi ritmo. Bueno pa' gozar, mulata.

Listen how my rythms goes, Is good to enjoy, Mulata

Mulata is a gorgeous mixed B/W woman, famous for having a great movements when they dance..........

the word PA is a slan from the word PARA (for)

Free Translation:
It hears as goes, my rhythm. Good pa' they enjoy, mulatto.
AltaVista/Babelfish:
It hears as it goes, my rate. Good pá for enjoying, mulata.

I think it roughly means...Here I go with my rhythm. Its good to enjoy.... (mulata, dark-skinned woman?)
OR... 'getting my groove on with a dark-skinned woman'...?

Anyone know for sure?

[Linda Y]

One of my favorite all time songs. Never did know the words, tho.
Viva Santana!

[Soltera]

Oye, or Oiga = Yo! Dude! Kinda like, "listen up", or "listen here". One can say Oiga politely to a waiter, and Oye is very common among friends.

Como va = Oh, my, how you move (go). Could be said of a nice PF going down the fino board.

Mi ritmo = I'd take that as being projected onto the "object of desire", such as "oh thou who makes my heart go slam-slam-slam" or "you who are setting the rythm of my day"

Bueno pa' gozar = so good, yummy, slurp! "The way you move, the rythm of your walk is very tasty, my dear..."

Mulata = slang for any woman, but Caliber has the groove, there.

I'll go for:
Yo, lady mine, rhythm of my soul,
You givin' me an eyefull o' yo' sweet candy, girlfriend.....

8-)

[britzlove]

Yo, lady friend, rhythm of my soul,
You givin' me an eyefull o' yo' sweet candy, brown girl.....



OMG I have tears flying out my eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TY TY TY for posting your interpretation......

Oh so good...must have just burnt like 100 calories laughin at this...TY TY a million times!

(I keep hearing it to the music in my head) great stuff!

[ErinC]

:lol:

[PLEASURE PASOFINO]

:rofl

[Heidi]

I'm :D that was a fabulous interpretation!

[Soltera]

Well, darn. After consulting with a few hablantes (native speakers of Spanish), it turns out that a completely modern rendering of "mulatta" speaks of a certain voluptuousness. Therefore, I turned to the friendly young man in the cubilce behind me, and, with his able assistance, arrived at:

Yo, lady mine, rhythm of my soul,
You givin' me an eyefull o' yo' sweet candy, you totally stacked hot latin mama.....


:oops:


Man, am I ever blushing now!

[Jane Hurl]

Jeez ... nobody ever called me a totally stacked hot Celtic mama! At least not to my face.

(And I was ... about a hundred years ago.)

[Pasogirlz]

Jeez ... nobody ever called me a totally stacked hot Celtic mama! At least not to my face.

(And I was ... about a hundred years ago.)

Those Celtic men just aren't as passionate is all. ;-)

[Soltera]

With all due respect to Miss Jane, I'll not be calling ladies a "hot" anything...and I don't know that guys would appreciate the word choice. Seems like the Celts would be making references to fjord flowers and shamrocks?

[Jane Hurl]

Apparently. *sigh*

[Heidi]

Apparently. *sigh*
You made me screech with laughter. Yes. Screech.

[Jane Hurl]

*grin*

[Privatetreaty]

:rofl


I don't know, but I think Calibutt is laughing for another reason. :confused

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[PLEASURE PASOFINO]

Are you trying to get me in trouble?????? I was formaly informed that I had my QUOTA for the month!!!! need to wait till August....... sorry, I need to be loveable for another 6 more days..... I am QUARANTINE! :prancer

I need to get my rocks back!!!!!!! :(

:bolts