West Side Story Spanish Lyrics — Page 2

I kind of like the "desperation" that Karen uses better than the usual angry Anita. I think it shows how much stress she is under after Bernardo is killed. Then after the song, to watch the taunting scene, I think it's more of a downfall. I didn't necessarily think that A Boy Like That was as much of a powerful scene when Anita was just screaming at her.

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"We will obliterate them"

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA oh, Sharks.

love the translations. thanks!



(alightinthedark/CSonBroadway, nice avatar pics. =)

I ran the Spanish parts of the new recording by my mom, who is Cuban. She's lived in the U.S. for almost 45 years, but her Spanish is leaps and bounds better than her English. She acknowledged the new BCR can be tricky to follow.

She says "pendejo" actually doesn't mean penis/dick, but pubic hair. Still, it's not a word used in polite company!

She also says she'd use "cabrón" (not a nice word either) to describe a cheater, and not a killer. "Sin vergüenza" (shameless one) would have been a better word to illustrate the situation, but she says Miranda was OK because the more accurate term wouldn't have fit with the rhyme scheme.

"Llevame para no volver" means "Stay with me to not go back."

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Sorry about that.

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I just listened to both versions of "I Feel Pretty" and although I probably have no bussiness saying that I think that it should atleast be in Spanglish for the production.

"The Spanish has been tinkered with since the cast recording was made."

Do you know how so?

Does anyone else out there hate this recording? And the Spanish lyrics? And the general production?

Lol. Was looking for videos of Karen singing "Un hombre asi" and ran into this gem of a thread of white ppl discussing the merits of this translation with authority as if they know <<edited by BWW staff>>...

I saw the production before they reverted all the Spanish back to English. Trust me when I tell you that, as a born and raised Puerto Rican, I found the translation was freakin spectacular. It really captured the use of Spanish by a Puerto Rican voice (no surprise since Lin is PRican). It also added a layer of authenticity which I'd never felt with WSS. Namely, the heightening of emotion bringing out one's native language is just so viscerally satisfying and beautiful and real. I was sad that they took out the Spanish though I get that Broadway is for making money off mostly monolingual Americans :P

To clear up a few points (for anyone who cares/finds this in the future): while "cabron" literally means cuckold, it really doesn't matter. Its use is almost always a generic curse along the lines of "ese cabron"="that f****r."

Also, "por favor, Maria, por favor" isn't REALLY a plea. The way it's used is more sarcastic like "girl, please."

Anyway, does anyone know where I can find a video of Karen singing the song in the Lin-translated Spanish? I'd really like to see it again.

Updated On: 11/20/18 at 08:49 PM