Las Caras Lindas

Beautiful Faces

Las Caras Lindas

The beautiful faces of my black peopleLas caras lindas de mi gente negra
Are a parade of blooming molassesSon un desfile de melaza en flor
That when they pass in front of me, my heart rejoicesQue cuando pasa frente a mí se alegra
For their blackness, all the heartDe su negrura, todo el corazón

The beautiful faces of my dark raceLas caras lindas de mi raza prieta
Are full of tears, sorrow, and painTienen de llanto, de pena y dolor
They are the truths that life challengesSon las verdades, que la vida reta
But carry much love withinPero que llevan dentro mucho amor

We are the molasses that laughsSomos la melaza que ríe
The molasses that cries,La melaza que llora,
We are the molasses that lovesSomos la melaza que ama
And in every kiss, it's movingY en cada beso, es conmovedora

That's why I proudly live for their colorfulPor eso vivo orgulloso de su colorido
We are kind polish, of clear poetrySomos betún amable, de clara poesía
They have their rhythm, they have melodyTienen su ritmo, tienen melodía
The beautiful faces of my black peopleLas caras lindas de mi gente negra

The beautiful faces, the beautiful facesLas caras lindas, las caras lindas
The beautiful faces of my black peopleLas caras lindas de mi gente negra

How beautiful, but, but look, how beautiful they areQué lindas, pero, pero mira, qué lindas son

They have, they have, they have, they have tearsTienen, tienen, tienen, tienen de llanto
A lot of melody, I tell you, they have beautyMucha melodía, te digo belén tienen belleza
And they also have poetry of the very prettyY también tienen poesía de la bien linda

Beautiful faces of black people,Caritas lindas de gente negra,
That in the calm I have a lotQue en la calma tengo un montón
The beautiful faces of my black people, are a blastLas caras lindas de mi gente negra, son un vacilón

We are, I tell you, the molasses that laughs,Somos, te digo, la melaza que ríe,
That sings and cries and in every kissQue canta y que llora y en cada beso
Very moving and captivatingBien conmovedora y cautivadora

I tell you that in Portobelo, PanamaTe digo que en porto bello panamá
I saw the most beautiful and pure faceYo vi la cara más bella y pura
And that's why my heart,Y es por eso que mi corazón,
Rejoices for their blacknessSe alegra de su negrura
That's truly beautiful!Esa si que es linda!

How beautiful, how beautiful they areQue lin, que lin, que lindas son
Pure blacknessNegrura de la pura
How beautiful, how beautiful they areQue lin, que lin, que lindas son

Listen to me, but how pretty they are, beautiful they are,Óyeme, pero que bonitas son, lindas son,
Cute they are, pretty they are, beautiful they areChulas son, bonitas son, lindas que son
Beautiful like you will see, that's how they areLindas como tú veras, así son

Beautiful like those I said are a blastLindas como aquellas que dije son un vacilón
A rich blast, with your heart, rich with melonUn riquito vacilón, con tu corazón, rico de melón

How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful, how beautifulQue lindas, que lindas, que lindas, que lindas
How cute they are, pretty they are, very prettyQue chulas que son, bonitas que son, bien bonitas
Cute they are, how beautiful, beautiful faces,Chulitas que son, que lindas son, caritas lindas,
Beautiful, they are beautiful, take me!Lindas, lindas son ¡llévame!
Beautiful they are, they are beautifulLindas que son, lindas son

But how beautiful they are, but how beautiful they are,Pero que lindas son, pero que lindas son,
Beautiful they are, they are beautifulLindas que son, lindas son

Many beautiful faces,Muchas caras lindas,
But how beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful they arePero que lin, que lin, que lindas son

Roco toco tin but how beautifulRoco toco tin pero que lindas
How beautiful they are,Que lindas son,
The beautiful faces of my black people, are a lotLas caras lindas de mi gente negra, son un montón

Parade of blackness,Desfile de negrura,
Of the pure that comes from down thereDe la pura que viene de allá bajo
The beautiful faces of my black people are a blast.Las caras lindas de mi gente negra son un vacilón.

Molasses that laughs, molasses that laughs,Melaza que ríe, melaza que ríe,
Oh, that sings and cries,Ay, que canta y que llora,
And in every kiss, very movingY en cada beso bien conmovedora

But how beautiful!Pero que linda!