Takiti Taki - Susana Baca

Ay que lee ay que lea2

One single palm

Alone and singing

Ay que lee

If San Juan knew

When his day was

San Juan would come down

From heaven to earth

Ay que lee ay que lea

Ae ae ay que lea

One single palm

Alone in solitude

Ay que lee…

One single palm

Alone in solitude

The wind brings it

And carries it away again

Ay que lee…

Ay Lola ay Lola

Aya tea huan bimbe…

I greet you tonight, people

To ladies and gentlemen

We come to you to sing

With all the sanjuaneros3

Ay Lola ay Lola

Aya tea…

Of course I’m going to like it

In the Jordan river

What marvels have been seen

Christ baptized San Juan

And San Juan baptized Christ

Ay Lola ay Lola

Ay, we’re gonna change the language

Taki ti taki palm fruit

Taki ti taki no more

Here they don’t bust open the palm fruit

The way they do it over there

Taki ti taki…

That’s what I like

How am I not gonna like it

When you play the drum

The way you know how

Taki ti taki…

Swing your hips

Like you know how to do

A little step forward

And a little step back

Taki ti taki

Ay get up, aunt

Get up, my beloved aunt

Ae here comes the calumba…

I’m coming by here people

Before the rooster crows

I carried a cross

Of very heavy wood

Lumba lumba lumba lumba

Now play the calumbada

In the bloody calvary

My cousin was nailed up

Ay novillo alabaa

It’s gonna take you down