Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Ángel para una tambora lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1989
- Genre
- Merengue
- Length
- 3:20
(Juan Luis Guerra)
Nunca dejes de sonar mi tambora
Never stop sounding my tambora
archipiélago de toque escondido
an archipelago of hidden touch
eres trueno de una muerte sonora
you are thunder from a sonorous death
muerte de madera y chivo
death of wood and goat
Nunca dejes de sonar mi tambora
Never stop sounding my tambora
crisantemos despeinados te adornan
crisp chrysanthemums, tousled, adorn you
y la güira se ha postrado en tu cama
and the güira has bowed on your bed
y te roza...
and it brushes you...
Suena un ángel, viste de tambora
An angel sounds, dressed in tambora
tierra adentro con la tumbadora
Deep inland with the hand drum
mil luceros forman tu corona
A thousand fireflies form your crown
nunca muere, ey, mi tambora
It never dies, hey, my drum
Nunca dejes de sonar mi tambora
Never stop sounding my drum
tu cintura, aroma de aserradero
Your waist, the scent of a sawmill
y derrama de otras manos tu sangre
And let the blood of other hands spill
vé pariendo un tamborero
Go on, giving birth to a drummer
Por allá por el estado de Zulia
Somewhere out there, in the state of Zulia
en la parte norte de Venezuela
In the northern part of Venezuela
le nacieron alas a mi tambora
Wings were born for my drum
y ahora vuela...
and now fly...
Por los Andes, sueña mi tambora
Through the Andes, my drum dreams
tierra adentro con la tumbadora
deep inland with the pounding drum
mil luceros forjan tu corona
a thousand stars forge your crown
nunca muere, ey, mi tambora
never dies, hey, my drum
Suena un ángel, viste de tambora
A sound angel, dressed in a drum beat
tierra adentro con la tumbadora
deep inland with the pounding drum
mil luceros forman tu corona
a thousand stars make your crown
nunca muere, ey, mi tambora
never dies, hey, my drum
Esta canción fue escrita en homenaje a Angel Andújar ("Catarey"), tamborero y
This song was written as a tribute to Angel Andújar ("Catarey"), a drummer and
percusionista de Juan Luis Guerra y 440, quien murió en un accidente automovilístico
percussionist for Juan Luis Guerra y 440, who died in a car accident
cuando
when
el grupo andaba de gira por Venezuela.
the group was touring through Venezuela.
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Key vocabulary
- guerra
- warA2
- dejes
- leaveB1
- tambora
- drum
- archipiélago
- archipelagoA1
- escondido
- hiddenB2
- trueno
- thunderB2
- sonora
- soundB2
- chivo
- goatB1
- crisantemos
- chrysanthemums
- despeinados
- disheveled
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About this song
Dominican singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer Juan Luis Guerra Seijas creates Latin music, especially merengue and bachata. He has won multiple awards including 31 Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards, and he is recognized for major charting releases and producing credits.