No Le Pegue a La Negra. Lyrics in English Joe Arroyo
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song No Le Pegue a La Negra. by Joe Arroyo from Spanish to English.
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Quiero contarle mi hermano un pedacito de la historia negra
I want to tell my brother a little piece of black history
De la historia nuestra, caballero y dice así
From our history, gentleman and it says so
En los años mil seiscientos Cuando el tirano mandó
In the 1600s, when the tyrant commanded
Las calles de Cartagena Aquella historia vivió
The streets of Cartagena That story lived
Cuando aquí, llegaban esos negreros Africanos en cadenas
When those African slavers arrived here in chains
Besaban mi tierra Esclavitud perpetúa
They kissed my land, perpetual slavery
Que lo diga salome que te dé
Let Salome say it, give it to you
Llego, llego Un matrimonio africano
I arrive, I arrive An African couple
Esclavos de un español Él les daba muy mal trato
Slaves of a Spaniard, he gave them very bad treatment
Y a su negra le pegó Y fue allí, se rebeló el negro guapo
And he hit his black And it was there, the handsome black rebelled
Tomo venganza por su amor Y aún se escucha en la verja
I take revenge for his love And it is still heard at the gate
No le pegue' a mi negra ¡Oye, man!, no le pegue a la negra
Don't hit him' to my black Hey, man!, do not hit the black
No, no, no, no, no, no
No no no no no no
Oye, esa negra se le respeta
Hey, that black woman is respected
que aún se escucha, se escucha en la verja
that is still heard, is heard at the gate
No, no, no, no, no, no le pegue a la negra
No, no, no, no, no, don't hit the black one
Negra que me dice
black what tells me
Chambalaquete, chambalequete Y aún se escucha en la verja
Chambalaquete, chambalequete And it is still heard at the gate
Español con el alma negra
Spanish with a black soul
No lo envenena, no lo envenena No le pegue a él
Don't poison him, don't poison him Don't hit him
Oye, porque el negro se te revela
Hey, because black is revealed to you
Ya me pongo el alma prieta
I already put my soul dark
No, no, no, no, no, no le pegue
No, no, no, no, no, don't hit him
Habla mucho y no apretando, aprieta
Talk a lot and not squeezing, squeezing
No respeta, la aprieta
He does not respect, he squeezes her
Porque a la negra se le respeta
Because the black is respected
Y con ustedes, Chelito de Castro Vamos a ver que le pegue a jeva
And with you, Chelito de Castro Let's see what hits jeva
Porque el alma, que el alma Que el alma, que el alma
Because the soul, that the soul That the soul, that the soul
Que el alma se me revienta no, no, no, no, no, no le pegue a mi negra
That my soul is bursting no, no, no, no, no, don't hit my black
Porque el alma se me agita, mi prieta
Because my soul is agitated, my dark
Hay lamento en la playa, negra
There is lamentation on the beach, black
En la playa de Cartagena
On the beach of Cartagena
No, no, no, no, no, no de Marbella, bella
No, no, no, no, no, not from Marbella, beautiful
En la maleta que cante y que llora
In the suitcase that sings and cries
Porque entonces el negro se venga
Because then the black comes
El Chombo lo sabe
Chombo knows it
Y tu también
And you too
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