¡Viva viernes! (Long live Friday! In other words, TGIF!)
La fecha es el seis (6) de octubre del año dos mil veintitrés. (The date is October 6, 2023.)
I’ll meet you on the dance floor for the classic Colombian salsa by Joe Arroyo En Barranquilla Me Quedo (I’m Staying in Barranquilla).
“Del Caribe aflora bella, encantadora con mar y río una gran sociedad” (From the Caribbean appears a great, beautiful, enchanting community with sea and river).
“Barranquilla hermosa yo te canto ahora con gratitud y amor” (Beautiful Barranquilla, I am singing to you now with gratitude and love).
“Del cantor al pueblo que adora a la nobleza y sentir de su gente acogedora a mi patria chiquita que me apoyo” (From the singer to the town that loves nobility and the feeling of its welcoming people to my small hometown that I rely on).
“Tu nombre pa mi significa la esperanza de la vida” (Your name for me means the hope of life).
“Llegué a ti cuando tenía mis catorce primaveras” (I came to you when I was fourteen springs).
“Tomé mi resolución, que lo sepa todo el mundo, que en Barranquilla me quedo” (I made the decision, may the whole world know, that I’m staying in Barranquilla).
¡Bailemos y cantemos! (Let’s dance and sing!) You can sing along to la letra (the lyrics).
¡Que tengas un viernes vinculado! (May you have a connected Friday!)
L. A. Feliz