Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Quimbara by Mimy Succar from Spanish to English.
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Ee mama ee mama
Ee mama ee mama
Ee mama ee mama
Ee mama ee mama
La rumba me esta llamando
The rumba is calling me
Bongo dile que ya voy
Bongo, tell it that I'm on my way
Que me espere un momentito
That it wait a moment for me
Mientras canto un guaguancó
While I sing a guaguancó
Dile, dile, dile, que no es un desprecio
Tell it, tell it, tell it that it's no snub
Pues vive en mi corazón
Because it lives in my heart
Mi vida es tan solo eso
My life is only that
Rumba buena y guaguancó
Good rumba and guaguancó
Rumba de Cuba y Perú!
Rumba from Cuba and Peru!
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Si quieres bailar, si quieres gozar
If you want to dance, if you want to enjoy
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma, Quimbara, quimbara, quma
Quimbara, quimbara, quma, Quimbara, quimbara, quma
Quimbara, quimbara, quma, Quimbara, quimbara
Quimbara, quimbara, quma, Quimbara, quimbara
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Cachi, cacha, cachaca, chumba
Cachi, cacha, cachaca, chumba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma, qui La rumba!
Quimbara, quimbara, quma, qui The rumba!
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara, quimbara, quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara que la rumba me esta llamando
Quimbara quimbara that the rumba is calling me
Vamo Quinoñes
Let's go Quiñones
A gozar con Tony y Mimy Succar
Let's have fun with Tony and Mimy Succar
Y me quedo aqui
And I stay here
QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA
QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA
Esto sigue mira te digo, aqui la rumba no para
This keeps going, look I'm telling you, here the rumba doesn't stop
QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA
QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA
Hasta que salga el sol, hasta que amanezca, traigo quimbara, quimbara
Until the sun comes out, until dawn, I bring quimbara, quimbara
QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA
QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA
Esto es de la guarechera de cuba, y hoy lo canta una peruana
This is from the guarachera of Cuba, and today a Peruvian sings it
Y se soltaron los caballos!
And the horses broke loose!
Suena mi hermano! Aja!
Play, my brother! Aha!
Aprieta aprieta!
Squeeze, squeeze!
QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA
QUIMBARA, QUIMBARA
Lo canto Celia
Celia sang it
La guarachera
The guarachera
Cantando de corazón
Singing from the heart
Y del Perú Lando
and from Peru, Lando
Con este coro
with this chorus
Camapana y cajón
Bell and cajón
Rumba de callejón
Alley rumba
Pa' que lo bailen to'!
So that everybody dances it!
Suena mi tambor
My drum plays
Suena mi bongo
My bongo plays
Repite, repítelo
Repeat, repeat it
Pa' que lo gocen to'!
So that everybody enjoys it!
Oyelo!!!!!
Listen to it!!!!!
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