Susana Baca
El mayoral lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2000
- Length
- 4:08
Qué dolor siento en mi pecho cuando está de madrugá
What pain I feel in my chest when it's early morning
Qué dolor siento en mi pecho cuando está de madrugá
What pain I feel in my chest when it's early morning
El mayoral con su reto no nos deja descansa'
The foreman with his challenge won't let us rest
El mayoral con su reto no nos deja descansa'
The foreman with his challenge won't let us rest
A las cuatro 'e la mañana cuando el sol se va asoma'
At four in the morning when the sun starts to rise
A las cuatro 'e la mañana cuando el sol se va asoma'
At four in the morning when the sun starts to rise
El mayoral con su reto no nos deja descansa'
The foreman with his challenge won't let us rest
El mayoral con su reto no nos deja descansa'
The foreman with his challenge won't let us rest
¡Ay! mayoral, ¡ay! mayoral
Oh! foreman, oh! foreman
¡Ay! mayoral, ¡ay! mayoral
Oh! foreman, oh! foreman
Qué dolor siento en mi pecho cuando está de madrugá
What pain I feel in my chest when it's early morning
Qué dolor siento en mi pecho cuando está de madrugá
What pain I feel in my chest when it's early morning
El mayoral con su reto no nos deja descansa'
The foreman with his challenges doesn't let us rest
El mayoral con su reto no nos deja descansa'
The foreman with his challenges doesn't let us rest
A las cuatro 'e la mañana cuando el sol se va asoma'
At four in the morning when the sun begins to rise
A las cuatro 'e la mañana cuando el sol se va asoma'
At four in the morning when the sun begins to rise
El mayoral con su reto no nos deja descansa'
The foreman with his challenges doesn't let us rest
El mayoral con su reto no nos deja descansa'
The foreman with his challenges doesn't let us rest
¡Ay! mayoral, ¡ay! mayoral
Oh! foreman, oh! foreman
¡Ay! mayoral, ¡ay! mayoral
Oh! foreman, oh! foreman
¡Ay! mayoral, ¡ay! mayoral
Oh! mayor, oh! mayor
¡Ay! mayoral, ¡ay!
Oh! mayor, oh!
Saca tu machete, Cipriano (saca tu machete)
Take out your machete, Cipriano (take out your machete)
Afila tu lampa, José (afila tu lampa)
Sharpen your blade, José (sharpen your blade)
Saca tu machete, Cipriano (saca tu machete)
Take out your machete, Cipriano (take out your machete)
Afila tu lampa, José (afila tu lampa)
Sharpen your blade, José (sharpen your blade)
Saca tu machete (saca tu machete)
Take out your machete (take out your machete)
Afila tu lampa (afila tu lampa)
Sharpen your blade (sharpen your blade)
Saca tu machete (saca tu machete)
Take out your machete (take out your machete)
Afila tu lampa (afila tu lampa)
Sharpen your blade (sharpen your blade)
Saca tu machete, Cipriano (saca tu machete)
Take out your machete, Cipriano (take out your machete)
Afila tu lampa, José (afila tu lampa)
Sharpen your knife, José (sharpen your knife)
En la madrugada
In the early morning
Cipriano
Cipriano
Qué dolor
What pain
Qué dolor
What pain
Mayoral, mayoral
Foreman, foreman
En la madrugada
In the early morning
¡Ay! mayoral, mayoral
Oh! foreman, foreman
¡Ay! mayoral
Oh! foreman
¡Ay! mayoral
Oh! foreman
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Key vocabulary
- cuatro
- fourA1
- está
- isA1
- qué
- whatA1
- siento
- I feelA1
- cipriano
- Ciprian
- afila
- sharpen
- lampa
- lamp
- reto
- challengeC1
- deja
- leaveB2
- descansa
- restB1
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About this song
Susana Baca is Peruvian vocalist associated with Afro-Peruvian musical traditions. She is known for her interpretation of Afro-Peruvian repertoire, including the widely heard recording of “Maria Lando” featured on David Byrne’s The Soul of Black Peru.