Joe Arroyo
No Le Pegue a la Negra lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 6:21
Quiero contarle, mi hermano, un pedacito
I want to tell you, my brother, a little piece
De la historia negra, de la historia nuestra, caballero
Of the dark history, of our history, my friend
Y dice, así
And it goes like this
Uh
¡Dice!
It goes!
En los años 1600
In the 1600s
Cuando el tirano mandó
When the tyrant commanded
Las calles de Cartagena
The streets of Cartagena
Aquella historia vivió
That history lived
Cuando aquí
When here
Llegaban esos negreros
Those slavers arrived
Africanos, en cadenas
Africans, in chains
Besaban mi tierra
They kissed my land
Esclavitud perpetua
Perpetual slavery
Esclavitud perpetua
Perpetual slavery
Esclavitud perpetua
Perpetual slavery
Que lo diga Salomé
Let Salomé say it
¡Eh!
Changó, Changó, Changó, Changó
Un matrimonio africano
An African marriage
Esclavos de un español
Slaves of a Spanish man
Él les daba muy mal trato
He treated them very badly
Y a su negra le pegó
And he struck his black woman
Y fue allí
And there he was
Se rebeló el negro guapo
The handsome black man rebelled
Tomó venganza por su amor
Took revenge for his love
Y aún se escucha en la verja
And it still echoes at the gate
No le pegue a mi negra
Don't hit my woman
No le pegue a la negra
Don't hit the black woman
No le pegue a la negra
Don't hit the black woman
Óyeme, no le pegue a la negra (no le pegue a la negra)
Listen to me, don't hit the girl (don't hit the girl)
No, no, no-no-no, no-no-no, no-no-no (no le pegue a la negra)
No, no, no-no-no, no-no-no, no-no-no (don't hit the girl)
Oye, esa negra se me respeta (no le pegue a la negra)
Hey, that girl deserves respect (don't hit the girl)
Eh, que aún se escucha
Eh, it's still being heard
Se escucha en la verja (no le pegue a la negra)
It's heard at the gate (don't hit the girl)
No-no-no-no-no, no-no-no-no-no
No-no-no-no-no le pegue a la jeva (no le pegue a la negra)
No-no-no-no-no, don't hit the lady (don't hit the girl)
Negra que me dice: "Ven, ven"
Girl that tells me: 'Come, come'
Chambalacaté, chambalacaté (no le pegue a la negra)
Chambalacaté, chambalacaté (don't hit the girl)
No le pegue a la negra
Don't hit the girl
No le pegue a la negra
Don't hit the dark-skinned girl
No le pegue a la negra
Don't hit the black girl
No le pegues
Don't hit her
Y con ustedes
And with you all
Chelito de Castro
Little Chelito from Castro
Vamos a ver quién le pega a jeva (no le pegue a la negra)
Let's see who can score with the girl (don't mess with the black girl)
Va que el al-, va que el al-, va que el al-, va que el al-
Here it goes, here it goes, here it goes, here it goes
Va que el alma se me revienta (no le pegue a la negra)
Go, 'cause my soul is about to burst (don't hit the black one)
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
No le pegue a mi negra na (no le pegue a la negra)
Don't hit my girl, no (don't hit my girl)
Porque el alma se me quita, mi prieta (no le pegue a la negra)
Because my soul is slipping away, my dark one (don't hit the black girl)
El Chombo lo sabe
El Chombo knows it
Y tú también
And you do too
No le pegue a la negra
Don't hit the black girl
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Key vocabulary
- contarle
- tell himB1
- pedacito
- bit
- negra
- blackB2
- nuestra
- ourA2
- caballero
- gentlemanB1
- dice
- saysB2
- cuando
- whenB1
- tirano
- tyrantB2
- mandó
- sentB1
- aquella
- thatB1
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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.