# Translate Spanish at end of CSN song "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (I am yours, U are mine) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 12, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324 "2004-11-12T03:05:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jgroub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@jgroub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jgroub)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/1 "2004-11-12T03:05:23Z")
I have always wanted to know: just what is the Spanish that Steven Stills is singing at the end of “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”? (That’s the Crosby, Stills song with the lyrics “I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are; you make it hard.”) When I Googled the song title, I found this as the Spanish he sings: Que linda me la traiga Cuba La reina de la Mar Caribe Cielo sol no tiene sangreahi Y que triste que no puedo vaya But, when I translated it at AltaVista BabelFish, I got this: That is contiguous queen of the Caribbean Sea Cielo brings I Cuba sun does not have sangreahi and that sad that I cannot goes. Obviously, that doesn’t make much sense. First, is the Spanish correct? I’d like to be able to sing the right words for a change. (I always thought he was singing about Geritol in there.) Second, and more importantly, what does it mean? ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/2 "2004-11-12T03:19:27Z")
I’ve always wondered about that, and I hope someone can come up w/ a definitive lyric. The Spanish you have here can’t be a correct transcription of what SS is singing b/c it makes no sense. For the 3rd line, I always heard, “Quiero so-lo quedarme alli” (I want only to remain there). “La reina de la mar Caribe” is probably accurate (describing Cuba as “the queen of the Carribean sea”). ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/3 "2004-11-12T03:21:59Z")
Allmusic’s [review](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:pd87gjwrn6ia) says it was tacked on because it sounded good, not because it had anything to do with the rest of the song. > [@](#): > > The author also indicates that the “little kicker at the end about Cuba was [added] just to liven it up because it had gone on forever and I didn’t want it to just fall apart.” The complete change in tempo, rhythm and style was likewise intentional as he adds that the trio “had sung all these lyrics about one thing” and so Stills mused “let’s change the subject entirely. [We] even did it in a different language just to make sure that nobody could understand it.” [This site](http://www.guitaretab.com/c/crosby-stills-nash-and-young/24857.html) (warning: obnoxious pop-ups in IE but not in Firefox) translates it as follows: > [@](#): > > How happy it makes me to think of Cuba, > the smiles of the Caribbean Sea, > Sunny sky has no blood, and how sad that > I’m not able to go > Oh go, oh go go ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/4 "2004-11-12T03:27:23Z")
I’m not sure of the first line, but here goes: What a beauty Cuba might bring to me, The queen of the Caribbean Sea, Sky, sun, doesn’t have blood there, ( **Sample’s** version makes more sense) And how sad that I can’t go. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/5 "2004-11-12T03:33:51Z")
“Smiles of the Caribbean Sea” is definitely incorrect, “smiles” being _sonrisas_. _Reina_ is queen. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/6 "2004-11-12T03:41:45Z")
I’ve listened to it again several times, and I still can’t make it out, but I definitely don’t hear what you’ve posted, except for line 2. In line 1, I do not hear “la traiga”, which would make no sense anyhow(subjunctive of “bring” with a feminine object). I think it may end with “pa’ Cuba” (“for Cuba”, as in “toward Cuba” or headed “to Cuba”). I do think line 3 is very likely “I want only to remain here”, and that line 4 begins with “y que” (“and that”, as in he also wants something else, but I don’t know what) as you have it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/7 "2004-11-12T03:44:09Z")
[This site](http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/suitejud.htm) gives the third line as: Que cielo sol que lo tengan alli Or: What a sunny sky they have there Which makes much more sense that the line in the OP ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/8 "2004-11-12T03:44:58Z")
Oh, the ending of line 4 may be “no vaya” (“doesn’t leave”), which would make sense: “I want only to remain here and for [something] not to leave”. “puedo vaya” makes no sense. It would be like saying “I can goes” in English. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/9 "2004-11-12T03:46:26Z")
Maybe it’s the Spanish lyrics to “'Louie Louie.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jgroub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@jgroub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jgroub)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/10 "2004-11-12T04:13:45Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Maybe it’s the Spanish lyrics to “'Louie Louie.” 😃 I’ve always thought this to be the most likely explanation. Thanks to everyone for the translations (or at least the parts). What is everyone hearing as the Spanish words he sings? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/11 "2004-11-12T04:16:58Z")
You always risk your sanity trying to dope out CSN lyrics. When you are done with SJBE, try this opening line from “[Marrakesh Express](http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/126914/Crosby_Stills_Nash/Marrakesh_Express/)”: _“Whoopa, hey mesa, hooba huffa, hey meshy goosh goosh.”_ ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/12 "2004-11-12T14:27:34Z")
Stills has been quoted as saying the “goosh goosh” lines in _Marrakesh Express_ were complete, intentional gibberish. At the time, there were lots of rumors about backwards-masked messages on records, and they were pranking the rumor mill. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/13 "2004-11-15T01:54:41Z")
Unter gleeben glouben globen… is all I want to say to you. I hope some folks have a better ear than I do. Will keep listening and looking. It seems to me that line 3 could even be “Quiero solo visitarte alli” (I only want to visit you there), so obviously I need better fidelity. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/14 "2004-11-15T03:27:35Z")
From [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=236445): > [@The Gaspode](#): > > What beauty Cuba brings me, > The queen of the caribbean Sea, > There’s no blood in the sun or sky. > Oh, how sad I cannot go. > Oh go, oh go, go. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/15 "2004-11-15T03:50:01Z")
They sing some weird stuff, but they’re definitely not singing that. The Spanish from that thread is ungrammatical, and not in a poetic way or a gringo way. It’s got to be mis-heard b/c no one would write words like that, not even an American getting his Spanish wrong. ---
**Author:** ![jgroub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@jgroub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jgroub)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/16 "2004-11-16T05:30:18Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Unter gleeben glouben globen… is all I want to say to you. OK, this is from a Def Leppard song - Pyromaniac. What the hell does were they saying in German? Or is just Louie Louie all over again? ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/17 "2004-11-18T23:29:25Z")
> [@jgroub](#): > > OK, this is from a Def Leppard song - Pyromaniac. What the hell does were they saying in German? Or is just Louie Louie all over again? **Louie Louie** is real English, btw, just slurred. According to the band, the intro to the DL song is nonsense that they left on the track cause they liked it. (Like Robert Plant once said of airplane noise, “Nah, leave it.”) ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/18 "2004-11-18T23:51:30Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Stills has been quoted as saying the “goosh goosh” lines in _Marrakesh Express_ were complete, intentional gibberish. That’s surprising. I always thought it was a reference to _couscous_, a rice-like dish made of steamed semolina which is common in Morocco. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/19 "2004-11-20T04:26:25Z")
> [@jgroub](#): > > OK, this is from a Def Leppard song - Pyromaniac. What the hell does were they saying in German? Or is just Louie Louie all over again? First of all, the song is called Rock of Ages. Get it straight, bucko! (I take my early Leppard seriously, yo. It was the soundtrack to my early adolescence.) I’ve heard the following from many sources: They did about a zillion takes of every song on that album. The producer got tired of starting them off by saying “one, two, three, four,” so he started improvising. The “gunter gleepen glauben globen” was just a bit of gibberish that they liked, so they kept it. It sounds German because the producer was doing a hokey fake-German voice when he said it. ---
**Author:** ![MikeZ77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@MikeZ77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeZ77)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324/20 "2022-10-17T22:20:59Z")
Que linda me recuerdo a Cuba. La reina de la Mar Caribe. Quiero solo visitarte ahí. Y que triste que no puedo, vaya! Guys! If you don’t know, don’t copy and paste others’ mistakes. It’s beautiful when I remember Cuba, The queen of the Caribbean Sea, I want to go visit you (Cuba) alone, And I am sad that I can’t. Go! He sings other verses in concert, but this is on the album best I can tell. The other ones here are definitely not correct. There is no blood, sangre. Put on some headphones, and see if you agree! If not, reply. He drags out the second word in each line… like Ray-eeh-na for queen. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-spanish-at-end-of-csn-song-suite-judy-blue-eyes-i-am-yours-u-are-mine/274324.md?page=2)