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Hello my people of Hive Open Mic is a privilege to be back in this space that has become an important place for me, this is my second presentation, that's why I come to present a theme of the singer Juan Luis Guerra entitled "El Niágara en bicicleta " in my entry for the week # 106 referred to the theme of bicycle.

This song is one of the favorites I have of this singer, is a bit thematic and his lyrics involve a hospital ward where everything works as a fantasy, that's why the singer tells the story of the whole journey to get to him.

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El Niágra En Bicicleta

Canción de Juan Luis Guerra

Versión Español

Me dio una sirimba un domingo en la mañana
Cuando menos lo pensaba
Caí redondo, como una guanábana, sobre la alcantarilla
Será la presión o me ha subido la bilirrubina
Y me entró la calentura
Y me fui poniendo blanco como bola de naftalina
Me llevaron a un hospital de gente supuestamente
En la emergencia, el recepcionista escuchaba la lotería
(¡30 000 pesos!)
¡Alguien se apiade de mi!
Grité perdiendo el sentido
Y una enfermera se acercó a mi oreja y me dijo:
"Tranquilo, Bobby, tranquilo"
Me acarició con sus manos de Ben Gay y me dijo:
"¿Qué le pasa, atleta?"
Y le conté con lujo de detalles lo que me había sucedido
Hay que chequearte la presión
Pero la sala está ocupada y, mi querido
En este hospital no hay luz para un electrocardiograma
Abrí los ojos como luna llena y me agarré la cabeza (je)
Porque es muy duro
Pasar el Niágara en bicicleta
No me digan que los médicos se fueron (oh-oh-oh)
No me digan que no tienen anestesia (oh-oh-oh)
No me digan que el alcohol se lo bebieron (oh-oh-oh)
Y que el hilo de coser
Fue bordado en un mantel
No me digan que las pinzas se perdieron (oh-oh-oh)
Que el estetoscopio está de fiesta (oh-oh-oh)
Que los rayos X se fundieron (oh-oh-oh)
Y que el suero ya se usó
Para endulzar el café
Me apoyé de sus hombros como un cojo a su muleta
Y le dije: "¿qué hago, princesa?"
Y en un papel de receta me escribió muy dulcemente:
"Lo siento, atleta"
Me acarició con sus manos de Ben Gay y siguió su destino
Y oí claramente cuando dijo a otro paciente:
"Tranquilo, Bobby, tranquilo"
Bajé los ojos a media asta y me agarré la cabeza
Porque es muy duro
Pasar el Niágara en bicicleta
No me digan que los médicos se fueron (oh-oh-oh)
No me digan que no tienen anestesia (oh-oh-oh)
No me digan que el alcohol se lo bebieron (oh-oh-oh)
Y que el hilo de coser
Fue bordado en un mantel
No me digan que las pinzas se perdieron (oh-oh-oh)
Que el estetoscopio está de fiesta (oh-oh-oh)
Que los rayos X se fundieron (oh-oh-oh)
Y que el suero ya se uso
Para endulzar el café
(El Niágara en bicicleta)
(En bicicleta, oh no)
No me digan que me va cayendo
De tanto dolor
No me digan que las aspirinas
Cambian de color
No me digan que me van pariendo
Que le falta amor
No me digan que le está latiendo
Oh no
No me digan que me va cayendo
De tanto dolor
No me digan que las aspirinas
Cambian de color
No me digan que me van pariendo
Que le falta amor
No me digan que le está latiendo
Oh no
No me digan que me va cayendo
De tanto dolor
No me digan que las aspirinas
Cambian de color
No me digan que me van pariendo
Que le falta amor
No me digan que le está latiendo
Oh no.

English version

He gave me a sirimba on a Sunday morning.
When I least expected it
I fell round, like a soursop, into the gutter.
Maybe it's my blood pressure or my bilirubin has gone up
And I got hot and bothered
And I went white as a ball of mothballs
They took me to a hospital of people supposedly
In the emergency room, the receptionist listened to the lottery
(30 000 pesos!)
Somebody take pity on me!
I screamed losing my senses
And a nurse came up to my ear and said:
"Easy, Bobby, easy."
She caressed me with her Ben Gay hands and said:
"What's wrong with you, jock?"
And I told him in great detail what had happened to me.
We need to check your blood pressure
But the ward is busy and, my dear
In this hospital there is no light for an electrocardiogram.
I opened my eyes like a full moon and grabbed my head (heh)
Cause it's so hard
To go over Niagara on a bicycle
Don't tell me the doctors are gone (oh-oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me they don't have anesthesia (oh-oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me that they drank the booze (oh-oh-oh-oh)
And that the sewing thread
Was embroidered on a tablecloth
Don't tell me that the tweezers got lost (oh-oh-oh-oh)
That the stethoscope is having a party (oh-oh-oh-oh)
That the X-rays melted (oh-oh-oh-oh)
And the serum's already been used
To sweeten the coffee
I leaned on his shoulders like a lame man on his crutch
And I said, "what do I do, princess?"
And on a piece of prescription paper she wrote me very sweetly:
"Sorry, athlete."
He caressed me with his Ben Gay hands and followed his destiny.
And I heard clearly when he said to another patient:
"Easy, Bobby, easy."
I lowered my eyes to half-mast and grabbed my head
Because it's so hard
To go over Niagara on a bicycle
Don't tell me the doctors are gone (oh-oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me they don't have anesthesia (oh-oh-oh-oh)
Don't tell me that they drank the booze (oh-oh-oh-oh)
And that the sewing thread
Was embroidered on a tablecloth
Don't tell me that the tweezers got lost (oh-oh-oh-oh)
That the stethoscope is having a party (oh-oh-oh-oh)
That the X-rays melted (oh-oh-oh-oh)
And that the serum has already been used
To sweeten the coffee
(Niagara by bicycle)
(On a bicycle, oh no)
Don't tell me that I'm falling down
From so much pain
Don't tell me that aspirin
Change color
Don't tell me that I'm giving birth
That it lacks love
Don't tell me that it's beating
Oh no
Don't tell me that I'm falling
From so much pain
Don't tell me that aspirin
Change color
Don't tell me that I'm giving birth
That it lacks love
Don't tell me that it's beating
Oh no
Don't tell me that I'm falling
From so much pain
Don't tell me that aspirin
Change color
Don't tell me that I'm giving birth
That it lacks love
Don't tell me that it's beating
Oh no.

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Gracias a todos || Thanks to all

Thanks to all the communities that make life in Hive, especially Hive Open Mic, I hope to continue improving both vocally and in other things that I know I should apply more. To all the people that follow me I send you a big hug and I hope everything goes well, blessings.

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