
Susana Baca
Plena y bomba lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Length
- 4:39
En el callejon de mi abuela
In my grandmother's alley
De canela es el amor
Love is made of cinnamon
En el callejon de mi abuela
In my grandmother's alley
Todo es inspiracion
Everything is inspiration
Quizo el cielo que naciera entre el coco y el perol
The heavens wished for me to be born between the coconut and the pot
Que hice yo con mi canto
What did I do with my song
Y llegue hasta Nueva York, Mayoral
And I arrived all the way to New York, Mayoral
(En el callejon de mi abuela
(In my grandmother's alley
De canela es el amor
Love is made of cinnamon
En el callejon de mi abuela
In my grandmother's alley
Todo es inspiracion)
Everything is inspiration)
Yo lo digo con la plena
I say it with the plena
Con mi plena sueño yo
With my plena, I dream
Yo te digo no hay condena
I tell you there's no condemnation
Si tu naces callejon, Colorao
If you're born in the alley, Colorao
(En el callejon de mi abuela
(In my grandmother's alley
De canela es el amor
Love is made of cinnamon
En el callejon de mi abuela
In my grandmother's alley
Todo es inspiracion)
Everything is inspiration)
En el callejon, Marujita
In the alley, Marujita
Cuelgan tus cartas de amor
Your love letters hang
En el callejon te enamora
In the alley they enchant you
Un muchacho que paso, mi cholita
A boy who passed by, my sweet girl
(En el callejon de mi abuela
(In my grandmother's alley
De canela es el amor
Love is like cinnamon
En el callejon de mi abuela
In my grandmother's alley
Todo es inspiracion)
Everything is inspiration)
Con la cara limpia digo
With a clear face I say
Una copla en oracion
A couplet in prayer
Con la cara limpia digo
With a clear face I say
Con la plena bailo yo, hay bendito
With the plena I dance, oh blessed one
(En el callejon de mi abuela
(In my grandma's alley
De canela es el amor
Love is made of cinnamon
En el callejon de mi abuela
In my grandma's alley
Todo es inspiracion)
Everything is inspiration)
Ei, oye.
Hey, listen.
Abuela me enseño que pa' limpiar las entrañas
Grandma taught me that to cleanse the insides
Pa' que no me piquen las arañas
So the spiders don't sting me
El cuerpo se baña con jarabe de caña
The body bathes in sugarcane syrup
Asi se arregla todo lo que se daña
That's how everything that's broken gets fixed
Con un poco de bomba tambien
With a little bit of rhythm too
Salgo vacunado contra el comejen
I step out vaccinated against the termites
Alimenta'o con panapen, vengo fuerte
Fueled up with panapen, I come in strong
Oye, quitate que viene el tren
Hey, get out of the way, the train is coming
Volando, como me enseñaron mis abuelos
Flying, like my grandparents taught me
Descalzo, para conectarme con el suelo
Barefoot, to connect with the ground
Cuan cuan, cuando la musica govierna
How how, when the music rules
Ningun, pero que ningun espiritu se enferma
None, but no spirit gets sick
El callejon de mi abuela queda en Loiza
My grandmother's alley is in Loiza
Los tambores suenan cada vez que uno pisa
The drums sound every time someone steps
El cuero esta hablando, que nadie se duerma
The leather is talking, let no one fall asleep
Hasta a las palmeras les salieron piernas
Even the palm trees grew legs
(Chupate el bombon de canela
(Suck on the cinnamon candy,
Yo se que te va a gustar
I know you're going to like it
Pero que chupate el bombon de canela
But suck on the cinnamon candy,
Que a ti te va a bacilar)
Because it's going to thrill you)
Tu te vas a la playita
You're heading to the beach,
Y te das un baño de mar
And you'll take a dip in the sea
Cuando salgas de este baño
When you come out of this bath,
Azuquita encontraras, mayoral
You'll find some sweet sugar, foreman
(Chupate el bombon de canela
Suck on the cinnamon candy
Yo se que te va a gustar
I know you're going to like it
Pero que chupate el bombon de canela
But suck on the cinnamon candy
Que a ti te va a bacilar)
Because you're going to groove to it
Campo, yo te llevo en mis recuerdos
Fields, I carry you in my memories
Como el perfume lleva la flor
Like perfume carries the flower
Sueno con tus valles, tus montanas
I dream of your valleys, your mountains
Campo de Puerto Rico te llevo en mi corazon
Fields of Puerto Rico, I carry you in my heart
(Campo yo vivo triste
(Fields, I live sad
Cada dia sufriendo mas
Every day suffering more
Hay Dios que sera de mi, si no bailo esta bomba
Oh God, what will become of me if I don't dance this bomba?
Me voy a morir)
I'm going to die)
Bomba, bomba de mi borinque
Bomba, bomba of my Borinquen
(Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir)
(If I don't dance this bomba, I'm going to die)
Hay mira si no la bailo, yo me voy a morir
Oh look, if I don't dance it, I'm going to die
(Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir)
(If I don't dance this bomba, I'm going to die)
Lo que te traigo es bomba y plena
What I bring you is bomba and plena
Bomba y plena
Bomba and plena
(Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir)
(If I don't dance this bomba, I'm going to die)
Pa' que la baile y la goce,
So you can dance and enjoy it,
Pa' que la baile y la goce,
So that she can dance and enjoy it,
(Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir)
(If I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die)
Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir
If I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die
(Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir)
(If I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die)
Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir
If I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die
(Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir)
(If I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die)
Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir
If I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die
(Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir)si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir
(If I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die) if I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die
(Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir)si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir
(If I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die) if I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die
(Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir)si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir
(If I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die) if I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die
(Si no bailo esta bomba, me voy a morir)
If I don't dance to this beat, I'm going to die
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Key vocabulary
- mar
- seaA1
- puerto
- portA1
- vivo
- aliveA1
- voy
- I goA1
- callejon
- alley
- abuela
- grandmotherA2
- canela
- cinnamonA1
- amor
- loveB1
- caña
- sugarcaneA2
- das
- giveA2
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.