
Susana Baca
La Guillermina lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2001
- Length
- 2:59
Cuando mi hermana la invitó
When my sister invited her
Y yo salí a abrirle la puerta
And I went out to open the door for her
Entonces entró La Guillermina
Then La Guillermina walked in
Entro el sol, las estrellas
In came the sun, the stars
Esto sucedió en Temuco
This happened in Temuco
Y yo tenia 14 años
And I was 14 years old
Era orgullosamente oscuro
I was proudly dark
Delgado y ceremonioso
Slim and ceremonial
Ay, ¿dónde estará La Guillermina?
Oh, where could La Guillermina be?
Ay-ay-ay
Ay-ay-ay
Ay, ¿dónde estará La Guillermina?
Oh, where could La Guillermina be?
Ay-ay-ay
Ay-ay-ay
Los años han pasado lento
The years have passed so slowly
Y en oscuros años han pasado
And in dark years they went by
Y yo anduve de nube en nube
And I've walked from cloud to cloud
De tierra en tierra, de ojo en ojo
From land to land, from eye to eye
Mi corazón ha caminado
My heart has kept on walking
Y he digerido las espinas
And I've digested the thorns
Mientras la lluvia en la frontera
While the rain at the border
Caía con el mismo traje
Fell in the same attire
Ay, ¿dónde estará La Guillermina?
Oh, where could La Guillermina be?
Ay-ay-ay
Ay-ay-ay
Ay, ¿dónde estará La Guillermina?
Oh, where could La Guillermina be?
Ay-ay-ay
Ay-ay-ay
No tuve tregua donde estuve
I had no rest where I was
Donde yo pegué, me pegaron
Where I hit, they hit me back
Caí donde me mataron
I fell where they killed me
Y resucité con frescura
And I rose again with freshness
Y luego, luego, luego, luego
And then, then, then, then
Contar las cosas es tan largo
Telling the tales is such a long process
No tengo nada que añadir
I have nothing to add
Vine a vivir en este mundo
I came to live in this world
Ay, ¿dónde estará La Guillermina?
Oh, where could La Guillermina be?
Ay-ay-ay
Ay-ay-ay
Ay, ¿dónde estará La Guillermina?
Oh, where could La Guillermina be?
Ay-ay-ay
Ay-ay-ay
Ay, ¿dónde estará La Guillermina?
Oh, where could La Guillermina be?
Ay-ay-ay
Ay-ay-ay
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Key vocabulary
- oscuro
- darkA1
- oscuros
- darkA1
- pasado
- pastA1
- puerta
- doorA1
- invitó
- invitedA2
- salí
- I left
- abrirle
- to open
- mataron
- killed
- resucité
- resurrected
- delgado
- thinA1
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.