Paroles et traduction Susana Baca - Drume Negrita

Drume Negrita

Mamá, la negrita
Se le sale lo' pie' 'e la cunita
Y la negra Merced
Ya no sabe que hacer

Tú drume, negrita
Que yo va compra' nueva cunita
Que va a tener capitel
Que va a tener cascabel

Drume, negrita
Que yo va compra' nueva cunita
Que va a tener capitel
Y también cascabel

Si tú drume yo te compro un mamey
Bien colora'o
Si no drume yo te traigo un babala'o
Que da pao-pao

Mamá, la negrita
Se le sale lo' pie' 'e la cunita
Y la negra Merced
Ya no sabe qué hacer

Tú drume, negrita
Que yo va compra' nueva cunita
Que va a tener capitel
Que va a tener cascabel

Que va a tener capitel
Y también cascabel

Drume Negrita (Sleep, Little Black Girl)

Mama, the little black girl
Her little feet are sticking out of the cradle
And black Merced
Doesn't know what to do

You sleep, little black girl
I'm going to buy you a new cradle
That will have a headboard
That will have a bell

Sleep, little black girl
I'm going to buy you a new cradle
That will have a headboard
And also a bell

If you sleep I'll buy you a mamey
Nicely colored
If you don't sleep I'll bring you a boogeyman
That goes boo-boo

Mama, the little black girl
Her little feet are sticking out of the cradle
And black Merced
Doesn't know what to do

You sleep, little black girl
I'm going to buy you a new cradle
That will have a headboard
That will have a bell

That will have a headboard
And also a bell