Susana Baca
Juana Azurduy lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2021
- Length
- 2:53
Juana Azurduy
Juana Azurduy
Flor del Alto Perú
Flower of the High Peru
No hay otro capitán
There is no other captain
Más valiente que tú
Braver than you
Oigo tu voz
I hear your voice
Más allá de Jujuy
Beyond Jujuy
Y tu galope audaz
And your daring gallop
Doña Juana Azurduy
Lady Juana Azurduy
Me enamora la patria en agraz
I'm captivated by the budding homeland
Desvelada recorro su faz
Restlessly, I roam its face
El español no pasará
Spanish will not pass away
Con mujeres tendrá que pelear
He'll have to fight with women
Juana Azurduy
Juana Azurduy
Flor del Alto Perú
Flower of Upper Peru
No hay otro capitán
There is no other captain
Más valiente que tú
Braver than you
Truena el cañón
The cannon thunders
Préstame tu fusil
Lend me your rifle
Que la revolución
For the revolution
Viene oliendo a jazmín
Comes smelling of jasmine
Tierra del sol
Land of the sun
En el Alto Perú
In High Peru
El eco nombra aún
The echo still names
A Tupac Amaru
Tupac Amaru
Tierra en armas que se hace mujer
Land in arms that becomes a woman
Amazona de la libertad
Amazon of freedom
Quiero formar en tu escuadrón
I want to join your squadron
Y al clarín de tu voz atacar
And at the trumpet of your voice, attack
Truena el cañón
The cannon roars
Préstame tu fusil
Lend me your rifle
Que la revolución
That the revolution
Viene oliendo a jazmín
Comes smelling of jasmine
Que la revolución
That the revolution
Viene oliendo a jazmín
Comes smelling of jasmine
Que la revolución
That the revolution
Viene oliendo a jazmín
Comes smelling of jasmine
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Key vocabulary
- alto
- tallA1
- perú
- PeruA2
- allá
- thereA1
- español
- SpanishA1
- mujer
- womanA1
- mujeres
- womenA1
- eco
- echoB2
- formar
- formB2
- libertad
- freedomB2
- voz
- voiceB1
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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.