Cleta Dominga

Cleta Dominga

Cleta Dominga

Outside her cabinAfuera de su cabaña
Almost at dawnYa casi al amanecer
A little black girlUna negrita pequeña
Had the whim to seeTenía el capricho de ver
To see shining in the skyDe ver brillar en el cielo
The tropical moonLa luna tropical
That mother-of-pearl moonEsa luna de nacar
Round maracaRedonda maraca
That comes out of the seaQue sale del mar

The little black girl Cleta DomingaLa negrita cleta dominga
Curucutí, curucutáCurucutí, curucutá
Wants to see the moon riseQuiere ver que salga la luna
Curucutí, curucutáCurucutí, curucutá
But the sky was cloudyPero estaba el cielo nublado
Curucutí, curucutáCurucutí, curucutá
It torments me to see you cryingMe atormenta verte llorando
Don't cry, black girl, it will come outNo llores negra que ya saldrá
It torments me to see you tearfulMe atormenta verte llorosa
Hey lovely, don't cry anymore!Hey primorosa no llores más!

And as if in the mouth of a wolfY como en boca de lobo
The darkness closed inLa obscuridad se cerró
Without a single light in the cloudsSin un clarito en las nubes
Not even a tugNi tan siquiera un tirón
But the little black girl waitedMás la negrita esperaba
She did nothing but waitNo hacía más que esperar
For that silver moonA esa luna de plata
That comes out tremblingQue sale temblando
Wet from the seaMojada del mar

The little black girl Cleta DomingaLa negrita cleta dominga
Curucutí, curucutáCurucutí, curucutá
Wants to see the moon riseQuiere ver que salga la luna
Curucutí, curucutáCurucutí, curucutá
But the sky was cloudyPero estaba el cielo nublado
Curucutí, curucutáCurucutí, curucutá
It torments me to see you cryingMe atormenta verte llorando
Don't cry, black girl, it will come outNo llores negra que ya saldrá
It torments me to see you tearfulMe atormenta verte llorosa
Hey lovely, don't cry anymore!Hey primorosa no llores más!