
Joe Arroyo
La Rebelion lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- 4:00
Quiero contarle mi hermano un pedacito de la historia negra
I want to tell my brother a little piece of the dark history
De la historia nuestra, caballero y dice así:
Of our history, gentleman, and it goes like this:
Uh!
Uh!
En los años mil seiscientos
In the sixteen hundreds
Cuando el tirano mandó
When the tyrant commanded
Las calles de Cartagena
The streets of Cartagena
Aquella historia vivió
That history lived on
Cuando aquí, llegaban esos negreros
When here, those slave traders arrived
Africanos en cadenas
Africans in chains
Besaban mi tierra
Kissed my land
Esclavitud perpetúa
Perpetual slavery
(Esclavitud perpetúa)
(Perpetual slavery)
(Esclavitud perpetúa)
(Perpetual slavery)
Que lo diga salome
Let Salome say it
Uh, que te dé
Uh, may it give you
Llego, llego
I'm arriving, I'm arriving
Un matrimonio africano
An African marriage
Esclavos de un español
Slaves of a Spaniard
Él les daba muy mal trato
He treated them very badly
Y a su negra le pegó
And he hit his black woman
Y fue allí, se rebeló el negro guapo
And there, the handsome black man rebelled
Tomo venganza por su amor
He took revenge for his love
Y aún se escucha en la verja
And you can still hear it at the gate
No le pegue' a mi negra
Don't hit my girl
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the girl)
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the girl)
¡Oye, man!, no le pegue a la negra
Hey, man!, don't hit the girl
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the girl)
No, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the girl)
Oye, esa negra se le respeta
Hey, that woman deserves respect
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don’t hit the woman)
Eh que aún se escucha, se escucha en la verja
Eh, it's still heard, it's heard by the gate
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don’t hit the woman)
No, no, no, no, no, no le pegue a la negra
No, no, no, no, no, don’t hit the woman
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don’t hit the woman)
Negra que me dice
Woman who tells me
Chambalaquete, chambalequete
Chambalaquete, chambalequete
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don’t hit the woman)
Y aún se escucha en la verja
And it's still heard by the gate
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black woman)
Español con el alma negra
Spanish with a black soul
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black woman)
No lo envenena, no lo envenena
It doesn't poison him, it doesn't poison him
No le pegue a él
Don't hit him
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black woman)
Oye, porque el negro se te revela
Hey, because the black man stands up to you
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black woman)
Ya me pongo el alma prieta
I'm already putting on the dark soul
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black woman)
No, no, no, no, no, no le pegue
No, no, no, no, no, don't hit her
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black girl)
Habla mucho y no apretando, aprieta
Talks a lot but doesn't press, press her
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black girl)
No respeta, la aprieta
Doesn't respect, she's being pressed
Porque a la negra se le respeta
Because the black girl deserves respect
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black girl)
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black girl)
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black girl)
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black girl)
(No le pegues)
(Don't hit her)
Y con ustedes, Chelito de Castro
And with you all, Chelito de Castro
Vamos a ver que le pegue a jeva
Let's see if he hits on the girl
Porque el alma, que el alma
Because the soul, oh the soul
Que el alma, que el alma
Oh the soul, oh the soul
Que el alma se me revienta
Oh the soul, it tears me apart
Eh, no, no, no, no, no, no le pegue a mi negra
Eh, no, no, no, no, no, don't hit my girl
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the girl)
Porque el alma se me agita, mi prieta
Because my soul is in turmoil, my dark one
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the girl)
Hay lamento en la playa, negra
There's lament on the beach, black one
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black one)
En la playa de Cartagena
On the beach of Cartagena
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black one)
No, no, no, no, no, no de Marbella, bella
No, no, no, no, no, not from Marbella, beautiful
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black one)
En la maleta que cante y que llora
In the suitcase that sings and cries
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black one)
Porque entonces el negro se venga
Because then the black one takes revenge
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black one)
El Chombo lo sabe
El Chombo knows it
Y tu también
And you do too
(No le pegue a la negra)
(Don't hit the black girl)
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Key vocabulary
- mal
- badA1
- maleta
- suitcaseA1
- cadenas
- chainsB1
- cuando
- whenB1
- daba
- gaveB1
- esclavos
- slavesB1
- escucha
- listenB1
- mandó
- sentB1
- venga
- come onB1
- mucho
- muchA1
About this song
Joe Arroyo was a Colombian salsa artist associated with the Pan-Caribbean revival of the 1980s. He is known for his danceable, horn-led sound and for “Rebelión,” a song about a 17th-century slave uprising in Colombia.