“Hopefully You Dare”
Album: Vive (Live), 2005
Style: Ranchera about pulling a crush out of their shyness to start a relationship.
Country: USA (Texas), with Mexican slang
Listen: YouTube
Translation:
[Intro]
–Oye comp’re, hay una güerita que – no, hombre – me está cayendo, ‘ira. Aqui dentro del corazón.
-¿A poco? ¿En serio? Pues conquístala.
-Pero pues ¿cómo le hago?
-Flores, chocolates a veces.
–M’no, pues yo andaba pensando más una serenata.
-¿Una serenata?
–Una serenata.
-¡Pero tú no cantas!
-¡Pero TÚ sí!
[Intro translation]
-Hey compadre, there’s this blonde girl who – no, man – she catching on me, look. Here inside my heart.
-Really? Serious? Well, get her!
-But then, how do I do it?
-Flowers, chocolate sometimes.
-Uh no, see I was thinking more a serenade.
-A serenade?
-A serenade.
-But you don’t sing!
-But YOU do!
[Song]
Esta noche yo voy a rondar tu casa
Para ver si de casualidad te veo
Con esos jeans que tú te pones, mi muchacha,
Haces poner de punta a todo mi cabello.
Tonight I am going to roam around your house
To see if by chance I see you
With those jeans that you use, my girl,
You make all my hair stand on end.
Esta noche yo voy a rondar tu casa.
Voy a pasarte enfrente con mi troca nueva
Con mi sombrero de lana de medio lado
Y acompañado de un 18 de cerveza.
Tonight I am going to roam around your house.
I am going to pass in front with my new truck
With my wool cowboy hat angled half off,
And accompanied by an 18 (ounce) beer.
Ojalá te animes a tirar un rol conmigo
Porque ya hace tiempo yo quiero salir contigo.
Ojalá te animes y pierdas un poco el miedo,
Chance y una chela nos hechemos el domingo.
(x2)
I hope you brave a stroll with me
Because it’s been a while now that I’ve wanted to go out with you.
I hope you feel bold and lose that fear a bit,
Maybe we can grab a beer this Sunday.
(x2)
Andale güerita no te hagas del rogar,
Porque son mis brazos que te quieren abrazar.
Andale güerita no te hagas del rogar,
Si no noche tras noche voy a salirte a rondar.
Come on, blondie, don’t make me beg,
Because my arms want to hug you.
Come on, blondie, don’t make me beg,
Or else night after night I am going to come out to roam around you.
[Musical interlude]
Esta noche yo voy a rondar tu casa
Para ver si de casualidad te veo.
Con esos jeans que tú te pones mi muchacha,
Haces poner de punta todo mi cabello.
Tonight I am going to roam around your house
To see if by chance I see you
With those jeans that you use, my girl,
You make all my hair stand on end.
Esta noche yo voy a rondar tu casa.
Voy a pasarte enfrente con mi troca nueva
Con mi sombrero de lana de medio lado
Y acompañado de un 18 de cerveza.
Tonight I am going to roam around your house.
I am going to pass in front with my new truck
With my wool cowboy hat angled half off,
And accompanied by an 18 (ounce) beer.
Ojalá te animes a tirar un rol conmigo
Porque ya hace tiempo yo quiero salir contigo.
Ojalá te animes y pierdas un poco el miedo,
Chance y una chela nos hechemos el domingo.
(x2)
I hope you brave a stroll with me
Because it’s been a while now that I’ve wanted to go out with you.
I hope you feel bold and lose a bit of that fear,
Maybe we can grab a beer this Sunday.
(x2)
Andale güerita no te hagas del rogar,
Porque son mis brazos que te quieren abrazar.
Andale güerita no te hagas del rogar,
Si no noche tras noche voy a salirte a rondar.
Come on, blondie, don’t make me beg,
Because my arms want to hug you.
Come on, blondie, don’t make me beg,
Or else night after night I am going to come out to roam around you.
Translation Notes:
Ojalá = hopefully, God willing
This is one of the many Spanish words of Arabic origin. It comes from the Arabic phrase inshallah or ‘law šá lláh which means “God willing”.
–Oye comp’re [compadre], hay una güerita que – no, hombre – me está cayendo, ‘ira [mira]. Aqui dentro del corazón.
-Hey compadre, there’s this blonde girl who – no, man – she catching on me, look. Here inside my heart.
-Hey buddy, there’s this blonde girl who – no, man – she making me fall, look. Here inside my heart.
–M’no, pues yo andaba pensando más una serenata.
–Uh no, see I was thinking more a serenade.
–Uh no, well I was thinking more a serenade.
<Ojalá> [te animes a] tirar un rol conmigo
<I hope> [you brave] a stroll with me
<I hope> [you are emboldened to] take a stroll with me
The phrase tirar un rol is Mexican slang for “take a stroll”.
Ojalá [te animes] y {pierdas un poco el miedo},
(Chance) y una chela <nos hechemos> el domingo.
I hope [you feel bold] and {lose that fear a bit},
(Maybe) <we can grab> a beer this Sunday.
I hope [you feel bold] and {lose that fear a bit},
And (possibly) <we drink> a beer this Sunday.
una chela (Mexican slang) = a beer
hecharse una cerveza/chela = to drink a beer (literally to “throw a beer at oneself”)
“Ojala Te Animes” by Bobby Pulido
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