Translation of the song lyrics Candombe mulato - Illapu

Candombe mulato (original)

Negro con rasgos de blanco
Blanco con rasgos de negro
Nunca quieras ocultar
Lo que te viene de dentro.
En el fondo de la sangre
Llevas dos sangres latiendo
Nunca quieras apagar
El tambor de los abuelos.
Cha, cha, cha mulato
Cha, cha, cha mulato
Cha, cha, cha mulato venga esa mano
Que hace chas, chas, en el tamboril.
Mezcla de negro y de blanco
Mezcla de blanco y de negro
Vamos, vamos de una vez
Al tambor de los abuelos.
Baila, baila, pero piensa
Que la vida no es un juego
Ni darse a la zamba, son
Con dinero o sin dinero.
Cha, cha, cha mulato
Cha, cha, cha mulato
Cha, cha, cha mulato venga esa mano
Que hace chas, chas, en el tamboril.
La vida no es mulato
Cosa de sangre o de pelo
Que el hombre piensa mejor
Con el estomago lleno
Baila, baila, pero piensa
Que debes poner el seso
Para que piensen mejor
Los hombres del mundo entero.

(translation)

Black with traces of white
White with traces of black
never want to hide
What comes to you from within.
Deep in the blood
You have two bloods beating
never want to turn off
The drum of the grandparents.
Cha, cha, cha mulatto
Cha, cha, cha mulatto
Cha, cha, cha mulatto come that hand
What does chas, chas, on the drum.
Mix of black and white
Mix of black and white
Come on, let's go at once
To the drum of the grandparents.
Dance, dance, but think
That life is not a game
Don't even give in to the zamba, they are
With money or without money.
Cha, cha, cha mulatto
Cha, cha, cha mulatto
Cha, cha, cha mulatto come that hand
What does chas, chas, on the drum.
life is not mulatto
Thing of blood or hair
That man thinks better
With a full stomach
Dance, dance, but think
that you should put the brain
so that they think better
The men of the whole world.