Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Son de la Santiaguera by Ibrahim Ferrer from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Yo son carabalí
I are carabalí
Negro de nación
black of nation
Sin la libertad
without freedom
No pue'o vivi'
I can't live
Con mi corazón
With my heart
Tanto maltratá
mistreated so much
Cuerpo ta' furí eh
Body ta' furí eh
Mundele cumba fiote
Mundele cumba fiote
Siempre ta' ngarua'cha
Always ta' ngarua'cha
Queta' por mucho
Queta' for a lot
Que yo lo ndinga
That I ndinga
Seimpre ta' maltratá
Always mistreated
Ya ne me tabá
I was not already
Ya ne me tabá
I was not already
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Abre cruita buirindingo
Open buirindingo cruita
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Si ramento suaro suare
Yes, I will suaro suare
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Como un teinda derechito
like a straight skinny
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Un paso, un paso ubbe Yobelle lla
One step, one step ubbe Yobelle lla
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Ya yorrucu mandendo
Ya yorrucu sending
Bruca Maniguá yaeooo
Bruca Maniguá yaeooo
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yo son carabalí, son mandinga
I are carabalí, they are mandinga
Quiero mi libertad (ae)
I want my freedom (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Congo tiene teremende
Congo has teremende
Bruca Maniguá yaeooo (ae)
Bruca Maniguá yaeooo (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yo ta'tantando lo mundele
I ta'tantando mundele
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Que esa negra a mi me engaña
That black cheats on me
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Que esa negra a mi me engaña
That black cheats on me
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Bruca Maniguá (ae)
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
Yenyere Bruca Maniguá
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