Bembelequa Lyrics in English Celia Cruz
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Bembelequa by Celia Cruz from Spanish to English.
Suenan los cueros, la noche se agita
The skins sound, the night stirs
Se escucha un tambor de África
An African drum is heard
Bailan los negros, la luna vigila
The blacks dance, the moon watches
El sueño de Bembelequa
Bembelequa's dream
El tambor mayor repica
The major drum beats
Ya la ceremonia va a empezar
Now the ceremony is about to begin
Esta noche madre rumba
Tonight, mother rumba
Un nuevo rumbero parirá
A new rumbero will give birth
Nacerá un mulato con manos divinas
A mulatto with divine hands will be born
Y una nueva historia el tambor llevará
And the drum will carry a new story
Nadie sabe pegarle a los cueros
No one knows how to hit the skins
Con el sentimiento de Bembelequa
With the feeling of Bembelequa
Bem, bemle, bembelequa
Bem, bemle, bembelequa
Bem, bemle, bembelequa
Bem, bemle, bembelequa
No hay en la calle en estos momentos
There is no one on the street right now
Un rumberito como Bembelequa
A little rumberito like Bembelequa
Lleva en la sangre comentan los viejos
He carries in his blood, the old people say
La luz de Shangó y Yemanjá
The light of Shangó and Yemanjá
El tambor mayor repica
The major drum beats
Ya la ceremonia va a empezar
Now the ceremony is about to begin
Esta noche madre rumba
Tonight, mother rumba
Un nuevo rumbero parirá
A new rumbero will give birth
Nacerá Un mulato con manos divinas
A mulatto with divine hands will be born
Y una nueva historia el tambor llevará
And the drum will carry a new story
Nadie sabe pegarle a los cueros
No one knows how to hit the skins
Con el sentimiento de Bembelequa
With the feeling of Bembelequa
Bem, bemle, bembelequa
Bem, bemle, bembelequa
Bem, bemle
Bem, bemle
Bem, bemle
Bem, bemle
Bem, bemle, bembelequa
Bem, bemle, bembelequa
Bem, bem, bem bem, Bemlequa
Bem, bem, bem bem, Bemlequa
Bembele, bembele
Bembele, bembele
Bem, bem, bem bem, bem Bemlequa
Bem, bem, bem bem, bem Bemlequa
Bele, bele, bele
Bele, bele, bele
Bem, bem, bem bem, bem Bemlequa
Bem, bem, bem bem, bem Bemlequa
Bembele, bele, bele, bele
Bembele, bele, bele, bele
Bem, bem, bem bem, bem Bemlequa
Bem, bem, bem bem, bem Bemlequa
Dice la negra Gripina, que allá no somos además
The black Gripina says, that there we are not also
Si no le ponga los cueros negrito Bembelequa
If you don't put the black Bembelequa leathers on it
Bembelequa
Bembelequa
Ahora que la rumba es buena
Now that the rumba is good
Gozamos de aquí pa'llá
We enjoy from here to there
Porque está tocando el cuero
Because it's touching the leather
El negro Bembelequa, Bembelequa
The black Bembelequa, Bembelequa
¡Juega Bembe!
Play Bembe!
¡Azúca'!
Sugar!
El que más suena los cueros
The one who sounds the most like a drummer
Te seguro no hay más nada
I assure you there's nothing else
Quimbará, quimbará, quimbará
quimbara, quimbara, quimbara
Quimbará, quimbará, cumba, quimbará, quimbará, cumba quim
Quimbara, quimbara, cumba, quimbara, quimbara, cumba quim
Si Bembelequa no toca
If Bembelequa doesn't play
Esto no sirve pa' nada, no sirve pa' nada
This is useless, it's useless
Te digo que toca con más fundamento
I tell you he plays with more substance
Pa' Shangó y Obatalá, Ogum o Yemanjá
For Shangó and Obatalá, Ogum, or Yemanjá
¡Vaya!
Wow!
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