Ismael Rivera
El negro bembón lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2000
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 3:04
Yembele-bembe
Yembele-bembe
Yembele-bembe
Pobre negrito bembón
Poor little puffy-lipped black boy
Mataron al negro bembón
They killed the big-lipped black man
Mataron al negro bembón
They killed the big-lipped black man
Hoy se llora noche y día
Today we cry night and day
Porque al negrito bembón
Because of the chubby little black boy
Todo el mundo lo quería
Everyone wanted him
Porque al negrito bembón
Because of the chubby little black boy
Todo el mundo lo quería
Everybody wanted him
Y llegó la policía
And the police arrived
Y arrestaron al matón
And they arrested the thug
Y unos de los policías
And one of the policemen
Que también era bembón
Who was also quite the loudmouth
Le tocó la mala suerte
Ran into some bad luck
De hacer la investigación
Of conducting the investigation
Le tocó la mala suerte
Ran into some bad luck
De hacer la investigación
Of conducting the investigation
¿Y saben la pregunta que le hizo al matón?:
And do you know the question he asked the thug?
¿Por qué lo mató?, y diga usted la razón"
Why did he kill him?, and tell me the reason
¿Y saben la respuesta que le dio el matón?:
And do you know the answer that the thug gave?:
"Yo lo maté por ser tan bembón"
"I killed him for being so big-mouthed"
El guardia escondió la bemba, y le dijo:
The guard hid his lips, and said:
(Eso no es razón), ay Dios para matar al bembón
(That's no reason), oh God to kill the big-mouthed
(Eso no es razón), huye, huye que huye juantón
(That's no reason), run, run that the big-mouth is running away
(Eso no es razón), mira que por allá viene Panchón
(That's no reason), look, here comes Panchón
(Eso no es razón), yo te juro por Dios que viene tumbado
(That's no reason), I swear to you by God he's coming down
(Eso no es razón), ve, serás como el negrito bembón
(That's no reason), see, you'll be like the little big-mouth
(Eso no es razón), bom-bom-bom para matar al bembón
(That's no reason), bom-bom-bom to kill the big-mouthed
(Eso no es razón), huye que huye juantón
(That’s not a reason), run, run, you big guy
(Eso no es razón), sacude
(That’s not a reason), shake it off
Esconde la bemba que ahí viene el matón
Hide your lip, here comes the tough guy
Huye que huye juantón
Run, run, you big guy
Huye que huye juantón
Run, run, you big guy
Mira que por allá viene panchón
Look, over there comes the big shot
Yo te juro por Dios que él viene tumbando
I swear to God he's coming for you
Ven, ban, ban, ban, Ven, ban, ban, ban
Come, bang, bang, bang, come, bang, bang, bang
Mira, mira que viene juantón
Look, look, here comes the big guy
Ay, Dios pero que viene juantón
Oh God, but here comes the big guy
Ven, ban, ban, ban, ven, ban, ban, ban
Come, bang, bang, bang, come, bang, bang, bang
Ven, ban, ban, ban, ven, ban, ban, ban
Come, bang, bang, bang, come, bang, bang, bang
Pero el negrito bembón
But the chubby little black boy
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Key vocabulary
- todo
- everythingA1
- mató
- killed
- maté
- killedB2
- matar
- to killB1
- le
- to him/her/youA2
- ahí
- thereB1
- allá
- thereA1
- arrestaron
- arrested
- bemba
- lip
- bembón
- plump-lipped
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About this song
Firmly fixed in the Latin music firmament as "El Sonero Mayor" (The Greatest Singer), Ismael Rivera was blessed with a gloriously husky voice, which he honed into a unique improvisational instrument.