Angelitos negros

Black Angels

Angelitos negros

painter born in my landpintor nacido en mi tierra
with the foreign brushcon el pincel extranjero
painter who follows the pathpintor que sigues el rumbo
of so many old paintersde tantos pintores viejos
although the virgin is whiteaunque la virgen sea blanca
paint black angelspintale angelitos negros
because they also go to heavenque tambien se van al cielo
every good little black childtodos los negritos buenos

painter if you paint with lovepintor si pintas con amor
why do you despise their colorporque desprecias su color
if you know that in heavensi sabes que en el cielo
also, yes, God loves themtambien ay tambien los quiere dios

painter if you paint with lovepintor si pintas con amor
why do you despise their colorporque desprecias su color
if you know that in heavensi sabes que en el cielo
also, yes, God loves themtambien ay tambien los quiere dios

painter of saints and bedroomspintor de santos y alcobas
if you have a soul in your bodysi tienes alma en el cuerpo
why, when painting in your picturesporque al pintar en tus cuadros
did you forget about the black oneste olvidastes de los negros

whenever you paint churchessiempre que pintas iglesias
you paint beautiful angelspintas angelitos bellos
but you never rememberedpero nunca te acordste
to paint a black angelde pintar un angel negro
a black angelun angel negro
a black angel a black angelun angel negro un angel negro