‘‘ Hermano Miguel’’

by

Susana Baca

A soulful song about nostalgia for the past adolescence. The delicacy and beauty of Susana Baca s voice makes her one of today s most popular Latin American singers. She is renowned as an interpreter of contemporary Afro-Peruvian music, the intimate lando and samba rhythms of her country. Here she sings the love lyrics of Latin Americas greatest 20th century poet: Chilean Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda. This theme is taken from the Lamento Negro album (Tumi 104), which won Latin Grammy. Hermano Miguel,

Hermano Miguel GBBFT0100051 2001

Susana Baca
Susana Baca
César Vallejo

Lamento Negro

Very smooth and soft, slow song dedicated to her brother. Miguel , I am lonely without you, please come back brother...
mummy might get worried.

Now I hide, as before, all these evening prayers, and I hope that you don't find me in the living room, the hall, the corridors. Then you hide, and I don't find you. I remember that we made each other cry, brother, in that game. Miguel, you hid one August afternoon, Miguel at dawn; but, instead of hiding laughing, you were sad. And your twin heart of those extinct afternoons has grown bored of not finding you. And now a shadow falls on the soul. Brother, don't be late in coming out. Mom might get worried.

Ahora yo me escondo,
como antes, todas estas oraciones
vespertinas, y espero que tú no des conmigo
por la sala, el zaguán, los corredores.
Después, te ocultas tú, y yo no doy contigo.
Me acuerdo que nos hacíamos llorar,
hermano, en aquel juego.
Miguel, tú te escondiste
una tarde de agosto, Miguel al alborear;
pero, en vez de ocultarte riendo, estabas triste.
Y tu gemelo corazón de esas tardes
extintas se ha aburrido de no encontrarte. Y ya
cae sombra en el alma.
Hermano, no tardes
en salir. Puede inquietarse mamá.

Afro-Peruvian , Latin

Piano , Vocals

Spanish

Unknown (Awaiting update)

Peru

Slow

Solo

World

Female

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