| Sangre negra (original) | Sangre negra (translation) |
|---|---|
| Cuando los años | when the years |
| Te caen encima | they fall on you |
| Después de tantos | after so many |
| Y tantos vuelos | and so many flights |
| Por más que quieras | as much as you want |
| Ni te imaginas | you can't imagine |
| Que un día puedas | that one day you can |
| Besar el cielo | kiss the sky |
| Cuando sin buscarlo | when without looking for it |
| Ni pretenderlo | nor pretend |
| Algo te embarca | something embarks you |
| Rumbo a la locura | Heading for madness |
| Lo dejas todo | you leave everything |
| Nada te frena | nothing stops you |
| Lo más que sueñas | the most you dream |
| Es tener una aventura | is having an affair |
| Que te cambie | change you |
| Los papeles | The papers |
| Y descubrir | And discover |
| Lo que ella tiene | what she has |
| Es su piel morena | It is her brown skin |
| O es su sangre negra | Or is it his black blood |
| Son sus piernas largas | are her long legs |
| Que hablan sin palabras; | Who speak without words; |
| Pero su forma de insinuar | But your way of insinuating |
| Es provocadora | she is provocative |
| Son cien labios rojos | It's a hundred red lips |
| En una sola boca | in one mouth |
| Contando penas | counting sorrows |
| De mil maneras | in a thousand ways |
| Quemando fechas | burning dates |
| Del calendario | of the calendar |
| Nadie se niega | nobody refuses |
| A una quimera | to a chimera |
| Que te despierta | what wakes you up |
| Con piel morena | with brown skin |
| Con tu cuerpo entero | with your whole body |
| Pidiendo embrujo | asking for spell |
| El embrujo | The spell |
| De sus maneras | in their ways |
| Eres sólo un preso | you are just a prisoner |
| Que se alimenta | that she feeds |
| Con la sangre de sus venas | With the blood in your veins |
| Es el tiento | It is the touch |
| De sus manos | from your hands |
| O es el color | Or is it the color |
| De sus brazos | of his arms |
| Es su piel morena | It is her brown skin |
| O es su sangre negra | Or is it his black blood |
| Son sus piernas largas | are her long legs |
| Que hablan sin palabras; | Who speak without words; |
| Pero su forma de insinuar | But your way of insinuating |
| Es provocadora | It's provocative |
| Son cien labios rojos | It's a hundred red lips |
| En una sola boca | in one mouth |
