| Nunca dejes de sonar mi tambora
| Never stop playing my drum
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| archipiélago de toque escondido
| archipelago of hidden touch
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| eres trueno de una muerte sonora
| you are thunder of a sonorous death
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| muerte de madera y chivo.
| death of wood and goat.
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| Nunca dejes de sonar mi tambora
| Never stop playing my drum
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| crisantemos despeinados te adornan
| disheveled chrysanthemums adorn you
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| y la guira se ha postrado en tu cama
| and the guira has prostrated herself in your bed
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| y te roza…
| and touches you…
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| Suena un ángel, viste de tambora
| An angel sounds, dresses as a drum
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| tierra adentro, con la tumbadora
| inland, with the tumbler
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| mil luceros, forman tu corona
| a thousand stars, form your crown
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| nunca muere, ey, mi tambora.
| never dies, hey, my drummer.
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| Nunca dejes de sonar mi tambora
| Never stop playing my drum
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| tu cintura, aroma de aserradero
| your waist, scent of sawmill
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| y derrama de otras manos tu sangre
| and spill your blood from other hands
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| vé pariendo un tamborero.
| go giving birth to a drummer.
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| Por allá por el estado de Zulia
| Over there in the state of Zulia
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| en la parte norte de Venezuela
| in the northern part of Venezuela
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| le nacieron alas a mi tambora
| my drummer grew wings
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| y ahora vuela…
| and now fly...
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| Por los Andes, sueña mi tambora
| Through the Andes, my drum dreams
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| tierra adentro, con la tumbadora
| inland, with the tumbler
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| mil luceros, forjan tu corona
| a thousand stars, forge your crown
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| nunca muere, ey, mi tambora
| never dies, hey, my drummer
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| Suena un ángel, viste de tambora
| An angel sounds, dresses as a drum
|
| tierra adentro, con la tumbadora
| inland, with the tumbler
|
| mil luceros, forman tu corona
| a thousand stars, form your crown
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| nunca muere, ey, mi tambora. | never dies, hey, my drummer. |