Paroles et traduction Jordi Savall - La Negrina / Gugurumbé

La Negrina / Gugurumbé

Florida estava la rosa,
Que ô vento le volvía la folla.
Caminemos y veremos
A Dios hecho ya mortal.
¿Qué diremos que cantemos
Al que nos libró del mal
Y al alma de ser cativa?
¡Viva, viva, viva! ¡Viva!
Canta tú y responderé.

- San Sabeya,
Gugurumbé, alangandanga,
Gugurumbé, gurumbé...
Mantenga, señor Joan Branca,
Mantega vossa meçè.
¿Sabé como é ya nacido,
Ayá em Berem
Un Niño muy garrido?
- Sa muy ben.
Vamo a ver su nacimento.
Dios, pesebre echado está.
- Sa contento. Vamo ayá.
¡Su!, vení, que ye verá.
Bonasa, bonasa,
Su camisoncico rondaro;
çagarano, çagarano,
Su sanico coyo roso,
Sa hermoso, sa hermoso,
çucar miendro ye verá.-
Alangandanga,
Gugurumbé, San Sabeya
Gugurumbé, alangandanga,
Gugurumbé, gurum-gurumbé...
Alelluia, alleluia, alleluia!

-Los Negritos

Jesú María que m'espanta
Como hacen los negros pa trabajá
Moliendo caña sin descansá
Ja, ja, ja, ja,
Ja, ja, ja, ja.
Gurumbé, gurumbé,
Gurumbé, gurumbé,
Que jaze nublao
Y quere llové.
Gurumbé, gurumbé,
Gurumbé, gurumbé.
Que teque maneque
Chuchú mayambé.

Qué bonitos son los negros
Bailando la contradanza,
Bailando la contradanza
Qué bonitos son los negros.
Con sus zapatitos nuevos
Haciendo tanta mudanza,
O bailando bien sosiego
Pegados panza con panza.
Jesú María que m'espanta...

La Negrina / Gugurumbé

Florida had a rose,
Whose wind made its leaves dance.
Let's walk and see
God who has become mortal.
What shall we sing
To the one who saved us from evil
And from the chains of the soul?
Long live, long live, long live! Long live!
You sing and I'll respond.

- Saint Sabeya,
Gugurumbé, alangandanga,
Gugurumbé, gurumbé...
Keep quiet, master Joan Branca,
Keep your servant quiet.
Do you know how it was born,
In Berem there
A very lovely child?
- I know it very well.
Let's go see his birth.
God, lying down in the manger.
- I am delighted. Let's go there.
Hey!, Come here, and you'll see him.
Bonasa, bonasa,
His little nightgown is hanging there;
çagarano, çagarano,
His little buttocks, so rosy,
Sa hermoso, sa hermoso,
çucar miendro ye verá.-
Alangandanga,
Gugurumbé, Saint Sabeya
Gugurumbé, alangandanga,
Gugurumbé, gurum-gurumbé...
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

-The Negores

Jesus Mary how it scares me
How the black people work
Grinding sugar cane without resting
Ha, ha, ha, ha,
Ha, ha, ha, ha.
Gurumbé, gurumbé,
Gurumbé, gurumbé,
That it is cloudy
And it is about to rain.
Gurumbé, gurumbé,
Gurumbé, gurumbé.
Que teque maneque
Chuchú mayambé.

How beautiful the black people are
Dancing the contradanza,
Dancing the contradanza,
How beautiful the black people are.
With their new shoes
Doing so many steps,
Or dancing so calmly
Sticking their bellies together.
Jesus Mary how it scares me...