Paroles et traduction Alberto Vázquez - Babalu

Babalu

Babaluuuuuu
Babalu
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babaluaaaaye
Ta empezando lo velorio
Que le hacemo a Babalu
Dame diez y siete velas
Ay Pa ponerla en cruz.
Y Dame un cabo de tabaco mayenye
Y un jarrito de aguardiente,
Dame un poco de dinero mayenye
Pa' que me de la suerte.

Yo Quiere pedi
Que mi negro me quiera
Que tenga dinero
Y que no se muera
Ay! Yo le quiere pedi a Babalu
Ay! Un negrito muy santo como tu
Que no tenga otro negro
Y que a mi me quiera.
Ay Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Chango-abalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Ay dame diecisiete velas pa aguachar un pie
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Ay babababa que baba que baba Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu aye

Babalu

My Babalu
Babalu
Babalu hey
Babalu hey
Babalu hey
The wake is beginning
That we are making for Babalu
Give me seventeen candles
Oh! To put them in a cross.
And give me a little bit of mayenye tobacco
And a jug of brandy,
Give me some money mayenye
For luck to be given to me.

I want to ask
That my love will love me
That he has money
And that he does not die
Oh! I want to ask Babalu
Oh! For a little saintly love like you
That he has no other love
And that he loves me.
Oh Babalu hey
Babalu hey
Chango-abalu hey
Babalu hey
Babalu hey
Oh give me seventeen candles to wash my feet
Babalu hey
Babalu hey
Oh babababa oh baba oh baba Babalu hey
Babalu hey
Babalu hey