La Sonora Santanera - La Negrita Cucurumbe - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation La Sonora Santanera - La Negrita Cucurumbe




La Negrita Cucurumbe
The Little Black Girl Cucurumbé
La Negrita Cucurumbé
The Little Black Girl Cucurumbé
Se fué a bañar al mar
Went to bathe in the sea
Para ver si en las blancas olas
To see if the pure white waves
Su carita podía blanquear.
Could possibly whiten her dusky face.
La Negrita Cucurumbé
The Little Black Girl Cucurumbé
A la playa se acercó
Approached the beach
Envidiando a las conchitas
Envious of the seashells
Por su pálido color.
For their pure white hue.
Quería ser blanca
She wanted to be as white
Como la Luna,
As the moon,
Como la espuma
As the foam
Que tiene el mar.
Upon the sea.
Un pescado con bombín
A fish wearing a top hat
Se le acercó,
Approached her,
Y quitandose la bomba
And taking off his hat
La saludó:
Greeted her with a bow:
¡Pero válgame Señor!
Oh, dear me!
¿Pues qué no ve
Don't you see,
Que así negra está bonita,
That even as a Negrita you're beautiful,
Negrita Cucurumbé?.
Cucurumbé?
Un pescado con bombín
A fish wearing a top hat
Se le acercó,
Approached her,
Y moviendo la colita
And wagging its tail
Le preguntó:
Inquired:
¡Pero válgame mujer!
Oh, my dear woman!
¿Pues qué no ve
Don't you see,
Que bonita es su carita,
That your dusky face is beautiful,
Negrita Cucurumbé?
Cucurumbé?
Negrita Cucurumbé?
Cucurumbé?
Negrita Cucurumbé?
Cucurumbé?





Writer(s): Francisco Gabilondo Soler


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