San Benito
Donde está mi negra bailando?
Cargada de su guaguita de su guaguita bailando,
Cargada de su guaguita cantando.
Donde se ha metido mi negra?
Con la Saya de Tundiqui bailando?
Con la Saya de Tundiqui cantando?
Negra, zamba, aunque tunante, siempre adelante,
Negra, zamba, aunque tunante, siempre adelante.
Hay un lorito con su bonito, hay un lorito con su bonito,
És un regalo de San Benito, para la fiesta de los negritos.
Hay un lorito con su bonito, hay un lorito con su bonito,
És un regalo de San Benito, para la fiesta de los negritos.
Un viejo calla con su caballo, un viejo calla con su caballo,
Esta dormiendo en su cabaña, esta dormiendo en su cabaña.
Hay un lorito con su bonito, hay un lorito con su bonito,
És un regalo de San Benito, para la fiesta de los negritos.
Ya nos vamos, ya nos vamos bailando,
Ya nos vamos, ya nos vamos cantando,
Con la Saya de Tundiqui bailando,
Con la Saya de Tundiqui cantando,
Con la Saya de Tundiqui bailando,
Con la Saya de Tundiqui cantando.
Negra, zamba, aunque tunante, siempre adelante,
Negra, zamba, aunque tunante, siempre adelante.
Negra, zamba, aunque tunante, siempre adelante,
Negra, zamba, aunque tunante, siempre adelante.
Saint Benedict
Where is my black woman dancing?
Carrying her little one, her little one dancing,
Carrying her little one singing.
Where has my black woman gone?
With the Saya de Tundiqui dancing?
With the Saya de Tundiqui singing?
Black woman, zamba, although roguish, always forward,
Black woman, zamba, although roguish, always forward.
There is a parrot with its beauty, there is a parrot with its beauty,
It's a gift from Saint Benedict, for the party of the little black ones.
There is a parrot with its beauty, there is a parrot with its beauty,
It's a gift from Saint Benedict, for the party of the little black ones.
An old man is quiet with his horse, an old man is quiet with his horse,
He is sleeping in his cabin, he is sleeping in his cabin.
There is a parrot with its beauty, there is a parrot with its beauty,
It's a gift from Saint Benedict, for the party of the little black ones.
We are leaving, we are leaving dancing,
We are leaving, we are leaving singing,
With the Saya de Tundiqui dancing,
With the Saya de Tundiqui singing,
With the Saya de Tundiqui dancing,
With the Saya de Tundiqui singing.
Black woman, zamba, although roguish, always forward,
Black woman, zamba, although roguish, always forward.
Black woman, zamba, although roguish, always forward,
Black woman, zamba, although roguish, always forward.