Angel Para Una Tambora

Angel for a Tambora

Angel Para Una Tambora

Never stop dreaming my tamboraNunca dejes de sonar mi tambora
archipelago of hidden toucharchipiélago de toque escondido
echo of a sonorous deatheres trueno de una muerte sonora
wood and goat deathmuerte de madera y chivo

Never stop dreaming my tamboraNunca dejes de sonar mi tambora
messy chrysanthemums adorn youcrisantemos despeinados te adornan
and the güira has laid on your bedy la güira se ha postrado en tu cama
and brushes against you...y te roza...

An angel plays, dressed in tamboraSuena un ángel, viste de tambora
down to earth with the tumbadoratierra adentro con la tumbadora
a thousand stars form your crownmil luceros forman tu corona
never dies, hey, my tamboranunca muere, ey, mi tambora

Never stop dreaming my tamboraNunca dejes de sonar mi tambora
your waist, scent of sawmilltu cintura, aroma de aserradero
and spills your blood from other handsy derrama de otras manos tu sangre
go on giving birth to a drummervé pariendo un tamborero

Over there in the state of ZuliaPor allá por el estado de Zulia
in the northern part of Venezuelaen la parte norte de Venezuela
wings were born to my tamborale nacieron alas a mi tambora
and now it flies...y ahora vuela...

Through the Andes, my tambora dreamsPor los Andes, sueña mi tambora
down to earth with the tumbadoratierra adentro con la tumbadora
a thousand stars forge your crownmil luceros forjan tu corona
never dies, hey, my tamboranunca muere, ey, mi tambora

An angel plays, dressed in tamboraSuena un ángel, viste de tambora
down to earth with the tumbadoratierra adentro con la tumbadora
a thousand stars form your crownmil luceros forman tu corona
never dies, hey, my tamboranunca muere, ey, mi tambora