Colombia, Mi Encanto

• By: Carlos Vives
• Album: Encanto

Lyrics:

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¡Colombia!

Oh Colombia!

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Noche de fiesta, todos vienen a celebrar

Party night, everyone comes to celebrate

Noche de fiesta, todos llegan para gozar

Party night, everyone arrives to enjoy

Sigue bailando, contento en mi paraíso

Keep dancing happily in my paradise

Y revelando milagros en cada piso

And revealing miracles on every floor

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Encanto (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Charm (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Encanto (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Charm (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Colombia, te quiero tanto

Colombia, I love you so much

Que siempre me enamora tu encanto

That your charm always makes me fall in love

Colombia, te quiero tanto

Colombia, I love you so much

Que sigas bendiciendo tu encanto

Keep blessing your charm

Colombia

Colombia

Encanto, encanto

Charm, charm

Abriendo puertas va llegando la madrugada

As dawn arrives, doors are opening wide

Siguen abiertas y el café se cuela en la casa

They stay open as coffee warmth fills the house

Canción alegre para que gane el bien sobre el mal

A joyful song letting good overcome evil

No me despierten, que esto parece un sueño real

Don’t wake me, this feels like a real dream

Colombia, te quiero tanto

Colombia, I love you so much

Que siempre me enamora tu encanto

That your charm always makes me fall in love

Colombia, te quiero tanto

Colombia, I love you so much

Te sigue bendiciendo tu encanto

Your charm keeps blessing you

Colombia

Colombia

Encanto, encanto

Charm, charm

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Encanto (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Charm (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Encanto (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Charm (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Colombia, te adoro tanto

Colombia, I adore you so much

Tu nombre tiene un encanto

Your name has a charm

De Bogotá hasta Palenque

From Bogotá to Palenque

Me fui con toda la gente

I left with everyone

Colombia, tierra tan bella

Colombia, land so beautiful

La madre naturaleza

Mother Nature

Te dio una forma de ser

Gave you a way of being

Colombia stays, my favorite place

Colombia stays, my favorite place

Colombia, te quiero tanto

Colombia, I love you so much

Que siempre me enamora tu encanto

That your charm always makes me fall in love

Colombia, te quiero tanto

Colombia, I love you so much

Te sigue bendiciendo tu encanto

Your charm keeps blessing you

Y es que a ti, Colombia, yo te quiero tanto

And it’s because, Colombia, I love you so much

Que siempre me enamora tu encanto

That your charm always makes me fall in love

Colombia, te quiero tanto

Colombia, I love you so much

Te sigue bendiciendo tu encanto

Your charm keeps blessing you

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Encanto (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Charm (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Encanto (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Charm (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh

Encanto (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Charm (ah-eh, ah-eh, ah-eh)

Encanto (ah-eh, ah-eh)

Charm (ah-eh, ah-eh)

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
fiesta /ˈfjesta/ A1	noun - party, festival
celebrar /θeleˈβɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to celebrate
gozar /ɡoˈθaɾ/ B1	verb - to enjoy
bailando /baiˈlando/ A1	verb - dancing
contento /konˈtento/ A2	adjective - happy, content
paraíso /paɾaˈiso/ B1	noun - paradise
revelando /reβeˈlando/ B2	verb - revealing
milagros /miˈlaɣɾos/ B1	noun - miracles
encanto /enˈkanto/ B2	noun - charm, enchantment
enamora /enaˈmoɾa/ B2	verb - to enamor, to captivate
bendiciendo /bendiˈθiendo/ B2	verb - blessing
puertas /ˈpweɾtas/ A1	noun - doors
madrugada /maðɾaˈɣaða/ B1	noun - early morning, dawn
alegre /aˈleɣɾe/ A2	adjective - happy, joyful
sueño /ˈsweɲo/ A2	noun - dream
adoro /aˈðoɾo/ B1	verb - I adore
tierra /ˈtjera/ A1	noun - land, earth
bella /ˈbeʎa/ A2	adjective - beautiful
madre /ˈmaðɾe/ A1	noun - mother
naturaleza /natuɾaˈleθa/ B1	noun - nature

Grammar:

• que siempre me enamora tu encanto

  ➔ Subordinate clause with 'que' expressing a result or cause

  ➔ 'que' introduces a subordinate clause that explains the cause or result of the main clause

• Colombia, te quiero tanto

  ➔ Use of direct object pronoun 'te' with the verb 'querer' to express love or affection

  ➔ 'te' is a direct object pronoun representing 'you', combined with 'querer' meaning 'to love' or 'to want'

• Abriendo puertas va llegando la madrugada

  ➔ Gerund phrase used to describe ongoing action, with 'Abriendo' derived from 'abrir' (to open)

  ➔ 'Abriendo' is the gerund form of 'abrir', used here to indicate an ongoing action of doors opening

• siguen abiertas y el café se cuela en la casa

  ➔ Use of present tense 'siguen' + adjective 'abiertas' to indicate continuation; 'se cuela' as reflexive verb in passive voice

  ➔ 'Siguen' is the present form of 'seguir', meaning 'they continue'; 'se cuela' is a reflexive verb meaning 'to seep' or 'to filter'

• Y revelando milagros en cada piso

  ➔ Present participle 'revelando' indicates ongoing action of revealing miracles

  ➔ 'Revelando' is the gerund form of 'revelar', used to describe the ongoing act of revealing miracles

• No me despierten, que esto parece un sueño real

  ➔ Imperative form 'no me despierten' (don't wake me up) using pronoun 'me' with the verb in the subjunctive mood

  ➔ 'No me despierten' is a negative imperative, telling others not to wake the speaker, with 'me' as the indirect object pronoun