Susana Baca
Taki ti taki lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Length
- 4:49
Ay, que lee', ay, que lea
Oh, what to read, oh, what to read
Una palma sola
A single palm tree
Sola en soleda'
Alone in solitude
(Ay, que leer, ay, que lea)
(Oh, what to read, oh, what to read)
(Una palma sola)
(A single palm tree)
(Y sola en soledad)
(And alone in loneliness)
Si San Juan supiera
If Saint John knew
Cuando era su día
When it was his day
Del cielo a la tierra
From heaven to earth
San Juan bajaría
Saint John would come down
(Ay, que leer, ay, que lea)
(Oh, what to read, oh, what to read)
(Una palma sola)
(A single palm)
(Y sola en soledad)
(And alone in solitude)
Ay, ay, ay que lea
Oh, oh, oh what to read
Una palma sola
A single palm
Sola en soledad
Alone in solitude
(Ay, que leer, ay, que lea)
(Oh, what to read, oh, what to read)
(Una palma sola)
(A single palm)
(Y sola en soledad)
(And alone in solitude)
Una palma sola
A single palm
Sola en soledad
Alone in solitude
El viento la trae
The wind brings her
Y la vuelve a llevar
And takes her away again
(Ay, que leer, ay, que lea)
(Oh, what to read, oh, what to read)
(Una palma sola)
(A single palm)
(Y sola en soledad)
(And alone in solitude)
Ay, Lola, ay, Lola
Oh, Lola, oh, Lola
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
Buenas noches, doy señor
Good night, I say, sir
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
A damas y caballeros
Ladies and gentlemen
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
Le venimos a cantar
We come to sing for you
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
Ay, Lola, ay, Lola
Oh, Lola, oh, Lola
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
Como no te iba a gustar
How could you not like it?
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
Qué maravillas se han visto
What wonders have been seen
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
Cristo bautizó San Juan
Christ baptized Saint John
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
Y San Juan bautizó a Cristo
And Saint John baptized Christ
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
Ay, vamo' a cambiar la lengua
Oh, let's change the language
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
(Aya Tea huan bimbe)
Ay, taki ti taki, corozo
Oh, taki ti taki, corozo
Y taki ti taki, no má'
And taki ti taki, no more
Aquí no quiebran corozo
Here they don't break corozo
Como lo quiebran pa' allá
Like they break it over there
(Taki ti taki, corozo)
(Taki ti taki, corozo)
(Taki ti taki, no má')
(Taki ti taki, no more)
(Aquí no quiebran corozo)
(Here they don't break corozo)
(Como lo quiebran pa' allá)
(Like they break it over there)
Eso es lo que a mí me gusta
That's what I like
¿Cómo no me va a gustar?
How could I not like it?
Ay, que me toquen el tambor
Oh, let them play the drum for me
Como tu sabes tocar
Like you know how to play
(Taki ti taki, corozo)
(Taki ti taki, corozo)
(Taki ti taki, no má')
(Taki ti taki, no more)
(Aquí no quiebran corozo)
(Here they don't break corozo)
(Como lo quiebran pa' allá)
(Like they break it over there)
Corozo, ay, corozo noma'
Corozo, oh, just corozo
Aquí no quiebran corozo
Here they don't break corozo
Como lo quiebran pa' allá
(Like they break it over there)
(Taki ti taki, corozo)
(Taki ti taki, corozo)
(Taki ti taki, no má')
(Taki ti taki, no more)
(Aquí no quiebran corozo)
(Here they don't break corozo)
(Como lo quiebran pa' allá)
(Like they break it over there)
Dale duro a la cintura
Hit it hard at the waist
Como tu le sabe' da'
Like you know how to give it,
Dale un pasito pa' delante
Take a step forward,
Y otro pasito pa' atrás
And another step back,
(Taki ti taki, corozo)
(Taki ti taki, palm heart)
(Taki ti taki, no má')
(Taki ti taki, no more)
(Aquí no quiebran corozo)
(Here they don't break the palm heart)
(Como lo quiebran pa' allá)
(Like they break it over there)
Ay, levántate tía mía
Oh, get up my aunt,
Levántate, tía má'
Get up, my aunt,
(Ae, ataca la calumba)
(Hey, attack the columba)
Por aquí pasó un señor
A gentleman passed by here
Antes que el gallo cantara
Before the rooster sang
(Ae, ataca la calumba)
(Eh-eh, attack the calumba)
Una cru' llevaba puesta
He wore a heavy cross
De madera muy pesa'
Made of very heavy wood
(Ae, ataca la calumba)
(Eh-eh, attack the calumba)
Lumba lumba, lumba lumba
Lumba lumba, lumba lumba
Toquen muchachos la calumbada
Play, boys, the calumbada
(Ae, ataca la calumba)
(Eh-eh, attack the calumba)
Ay, no vi (alaba')
Oh, I didn't see (praise)
Ay, no vi (alaba')
Oh, I didn't see (praise)
Ay, no vi (alaba')
Oh, I didn't see (praise)
Ay, no vi (alaba')
Oh, I didn't see (praise)
De Batumba (alaba')
From Batumba (praise)
De la Maca' (alaba')
From the Maca' (praise)
Ay no vi (alaba')
Oh, I didn't see (praise)
Novillo bra (alaba')
Young bull (praise)
Novillo bra (alaba')
Young bull (praise)
De Batumba (alaba')
From Batumba (praise)
De Bamaca (alaba')
From Bamaca (praise)
Ay no vi (alaba')
Oh, I didn't see (praise')
Novillo bra (alaba')
Bull bra (praise')
Novillo bra (alaba')
Bull bra (praise')
Novillo bra (alaba')
Bull bra (praise')
De Batumba (alaba')
From Batumba (praise')
De Bamaca (alaba')
From Bamaca (praise')
Ay no vi (alaba')
Oh, I didn't see (praise')
Ay no vi (alaba')
Oh, I didn't see (praise')
Ay no vi (alaba')
Oh, I didn't see (praise')
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Key vocabulary
- atrás
- backC1
- palma
- palmC1
- lee
- read
- lea
- read
- soleda
- lonely
- san
- saintB1
- juan
- JohnA1
- supiera
- knew
- cuando
- whenB1
- era
- wasB1
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.