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by Emilio Ballagas (1908 - 1954)

Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito
 (Sung text for setting by M. Bor)
 See original
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Dórmiti, mi nengre,
dórmiti, ningrito.
Caimito y merengue,
merengue y caimito.

Dórmiti, mi nengre,
mi nengre bonito.
¡Diente de merengue,
bemba de caimito!

Cuando tú sea glandi
va a sé bosiador…
Nengre de mi vida,
nengre de mi amor…

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Modesta Bor (1926 - 1998), "Canción de cuna para dormir un negrito", 1965, published 1979, stanzas 1-3 [ low voice and piano ], from Tríptico sobre poesía cubana : para canto y piano, no. 2, Ediciones del Instituto Vicente Emilio Sojo

Text Authorship:

  • by Emilio Ballagas (1908 - 1954), "Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito", appears in Cuaderno de poesía negra, La Habana: Santa Clara ; written in an Afro-Cuban dialect or accent, first published 1934

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • SPA Spanish (Español)


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2019-09-22
Line count: 44
Word count: 142

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