I hope it rains coffee! Use "ojalá" for "I hope"

"Ojalá" is the term many native Spanish speakers use when they want to say something along the lines of "I hope" or "Let's hope" or "May it be so."

Ojalá Que Llueva Café  Juan Luis Guerra Ojalá que llueva café en el campo  que caiga un aguacero de yuca y té del cielo una harina de queso blanco  y al sur una montaña de berro y miel Oh,...Ojalá que llueva café Ojalá que llueva café en el campo peinar un alto cerro de trigo y mapuey bajar por la colina de arroz graneado y continuar al arado con tu querer  Oh,...Ojalá el otoño en vez de hojas secas vista mi cosecha de petit salé*  sembrar una llanura de batata y fresas  Ojalá que llueva café Pa' que en el conuco no se sufra tanto, ay ombe**  Ojalá que llueva café en el campo pa' que en Villa Vásquez  oigan este canto Ojalá que llueva café en el campo Ojalá que llueva,  ojalá que llueva, ay ombe  ojalá que llueva café en el campo, ojalá que llueva café Ojalá que llueva café en el campo sembrar un alto cerro de trigo y mapuey bajar por la colina de arroz graneado y continuar al arado con tu querer Oh,...Ojalá el otoño  en vez de hojas secas  vista mi cosecha de petit salé*  sembrar una llanura de batata y fresas  Ojalá que llueva café Pa' que en el conuco no se sufra tanto, oye ojalá que llueva café en el campo pa' que en Los Montones  oigan este canto ojala' que llueva cafe' en el campo Ojalá que llueva,  ojalá que llueva, ay ombe ojalá que llueva café en el campo Ojalá que llueva café Pa' que todos los niños  canten en el campo ojalá que llueva café en el campo pa' que en La Romana oigan este canto ojalá que llueva café en el campo Ay, ojalá que llueva,  ojalá que llueva, ay ombe ojalá que llueva café en el campo Ojalá que llueva café *petit sale = a French dish of salted pork and lentils, popular in the Dominican Republic, where Juan Luis Guerra is from; Villa Vásquez, Los Montones, and La Romana are towns in the Dominican Republic **ay ombe (also seen as "ai ombe") is an expression that's used like "oh man," and like "oh man" it can carry different meanings such as surprise, regret, or celebration, depending on the tone of voice and mood of the speaker

I Hope It Rains Coffee Juan Luis Guerra  I hope it rains coffee in the countryside that there's a downpour of cassava and tea from the sky a dusting of white cheese and to the south a mountain of watercress and honey Oh,...I hope it rains coffee I hope it rains coffee in the countryside combing a high peak of wheat and yams coming down through a hill of rice grains and continuing over the tilled land with what you want Oh,...I hope this fall, instead of dry leaves the sight of my harvest of petit sale* planting a prairie of sweet potato and strawberries I hope it rains coffee So that on the small farms they don't suffer so much, oh man I hope it rains coffee in the countryside so that in Villa Vásquez  they hear this chant I hope it rains coffee in the countryside I hope it rains,  I hope it rains, oh man I hope it rains coffee in the countryside, I hope it rains coffee I hope it rains coffee in the countryside, sowing a high peak with wheat and yams coming down through a hill of rice grains and continuing over the tilled land with what you want Oh,...I hope this fall,  instead of dry leaves the sight of my harvest of petit sale* planting a prairie of sweet potato and strawberries I hope it rains coffee So that on the small farms they don't suffer so much, listen I hope it rains coffee in the countryside so that in Los Montones  they hear this chant I hope it rains coffee in the countryside I hope it rains,  I hope it rains, oh man I hope it rains coffee in the countryside I hope it rains coffee So that all the children  sing in the countryside I hope it rains coffee in the countryside so that in La Romana they hear this chant I hope it rains coffee in the countryside Ay, I hope it rains,  I hope it rains, oh man I hope it rains coffee in the countryside I hope it rains coffee