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by Emilio Ballagas (1908 - 1954)

Dórmiti, mi nengre
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…

(Mi chiviricoqui,
chiviricocó…
¡Yo gualda pa ti
tajá de melón!)

Si no calla bemba
y no limpia moco,
le va’abrí la puetta
a Visente e’loco.

Si no calla bemba
te va’da e’gran sutto.
Te va’a llevá e’loco
dentro su macuto.

Ne la mata’e güira
te ñama sijú.
Condío en la puetta
etá e’tatajú…

Drómiti mi nengre,
cara’e bosiador,
nengre de mi vida,
nengre de mi amor.

Mi chiviricoco,
chiviricoquito…
Caimito y merengue,
merengue y caimito.

A’ora yo te acuetta
’la maca e papito
y te mese suave…
Du’ce…, depasito…

y mata la pugga
y epanta moquito
pa que due’ma bien
mi nengre bonito.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. Bor 

M. Bor sets stanzas 1-3

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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 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • 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 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Xavier Montsalvatge (1912 - 2002), "Nana", 1945, published 1946 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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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