Babalú
Está empezando el velorio
Que le hacemos a babalú
Dame diecisiete velas
Pa pornelas en cruz
Dame un cabo de tabaco, mañiengue
Y un jarrrito de aguardiente
Dame um poco de dinero, mañiengue
Pa que me de la surte
Yo le quero pedir
Que me nego me quiera
Ai, negro
Que le tenga dinero
Y que no se muera
Yo le quero pedir, a babalú
Un negrito muy santo
Como tu
Que no tenga otra nega
Y que no se muera
Babalú
The wake is starting
That we do for Babalú
Give me seventeen candles
To put them in a cross
Give me a piece of tobacco, mañiengue
And a little jar of aguardiente
Give me a little money, mañiengue
So that luck comes to me
I want to ask
That my lover loves me
Oh, my love
That he has money
And that he doesn't die
I want to ask, to Babalú
A very holy black man
Like you
Who doesn't have another lover
And that he doesn't die
Escrita por: Margarida Lecuona