A La Bamba translation into English

You know how the song goes in Spanish. Now it's time to see the La Bamba translation into English.

Richie Valens made famous this traditional Mexican song in the 1950's and will forever be remembered as one of the first Spanish songs to become popular among the English-speaking audience of the United States.

If you want to know more about Richie Valens and his short life and his career that was cut tragically short, visit Wikipedia. There is a great entry on his start and ending, along with a link to an article on origins of La Bamba.

La Bamba - Richie Valens

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia para mi para ti
Arriba y arriba
Arriba y arriba
Por ti seré
Por ti seré
Yo no soy marinero
Yo no soy marinero
Soy capitán
Soy capitán
Soy capitán

In order to dance the Bamba
In order to dance the Bamba
A little humor is needed
A little humor for me and for you
Faster and faster
Faster and faster
I'll be for you
I'll be for you
I'm not a sailor
I'm not a sailor
I'm captain
I'm captain
I'm captain

How Would You Translate La Bamba?

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One difference in La Bamba translation
Substitute "grace" for "humor." Humor doesn't make sense when you're talking of dancing. Gracefulness fits here and that's what gracia means.

My La Bamba Translation
Want to dance
Want to dance
It takes a little bit of grace
A little grace for me for you
Up and up
Up and up
You raise me
You raise me
I am not ...

Translation of La Bamba
I've got an issue with your translation of "La Bamba", specifically with the following:

Se necesita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia para mi para ...

A Little Chicken - La Bamba
My sister and I never knew what the La Bamba words meant, so together we combined the two Spanish words we knew with what words sounded like in order to ...

la bamba actual translation Not rated yet
To dance the bamba
To dance the bamba
It takes a little grace
A little grace for me for you
Up and up
Up and up
For you I will
For you I will
I ...

La Bamba short version Not rated yet
Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia para mi para ti
Arriba y arriba
Arriba y arriba
Por ti ...

More literal translation of La Bamba Not rated yet
No story, just learned Spanish in High School and then spent some time in Mexico for a summer and later in Guatemala.

My translation would be a little ...

Spicy translation of La Bamba Not rated yet
If you are going to shake it
If you are going to shake it, it has to be hot
Hot for you
Hot for me
Faster and faster
Faster and faster i will do for ...

Another translation of La Bamba Not rated yet
Get up and dance the la bamba
Get up and dance the la bamba
To dance the la bamba a little grace is needed
A little grace is needed
For you and for ...

My Translation of La Bamba Not rated yet
In order to dance the Bamba
In order to dance the Bamba
A you need little bit of grace
A little grace for me and for you
up and up
up and up
I'll ...

My Translation of La Bamba Not rated yet
In order to dance the Bamba
In order to dance the Bamba
A little grace is needed
A little grace for me and for you
Faster and faster
Faster and faster
...

It Takes Nerve to Dance La Bamba Not rated yet
To dance the bamba
you need a little nerve
a little nerve for me and you
faster and faster
for you it will be
I'm not a sailor
I'm the capitan
...