Homage to Timeless [Spanish] Music

Even though I was born and raised in Los Ange­les, Cal­i­for­nia, I was raised as an Armen­ian first.  This means sev­eral things to me, but when it comes to music specif­i­cally, it means my ears were con­stantly exposed to a very wide range of inter­na­tional music reg­u­larly includ­ing Armen­ian, Russ­ian, French, Ara­bic, Span­ish, Ital­ian and Greek music.

Here is a Span­ish song I would like to intro­duce to you: Una Bes­tia Que Ruge by Juan Perro of Spain

Sing along! Here are the Span­ish lyrics and Eng­lish trans­la­tion of ‘Una Bes­tia Que Ruge’

Span­ish “Una Bes­tia Que Ruge”

Llueven golpes en torno a mi cabeza
Esta vez sí que están pegando duro
Muerdo el polvo, me agarro a lo seguro
A años luz de cualquier otra certeza

Dicen que me salvé por la cam­pana
Me son­ríe la suerte, negra her­mana
Voy en busca de alguna expli­cación
Pero hay una bes­tia que ruge en mi rincón

Me con­vierto con cada luna llena
En un lobo que ronda el pueblo helado
Que se salta la valla del cer­cado
Y se echa al monte como un alma en pena

Van sigu­iendo mi ras­tro cazadores
Me entretengo hus­me­ando entre las flo­res
Llego hasta mi guar­ida y… ¡maldición!
Hay una bes­tia que ruge en mi rincón

Con pape­les sel­l­a­dos en la mano
Hay un docto letrado que ase­gura
Que ya estoy mucho mejor de mi locura
Que parezco un per­fecto ciudadano

Y me pierdo por la calle entre el gen­tío
Pero aquí no se ha per­dido nada mío
Me apresuro a cer­rar mi habitación
Pero hay una bes­tia que ruge en mi rincón

Eng­lish “A beast that roars”

Rain blows around my head
This time they are hit­ting hard
I bite the dust, I hold it safe
A far cry from any other certainty

They say that I was saved by the bell
Luck smiles at me, black sis­ter
I’m look­ing for some expla­na­tion
But there is a beast that roars in my corner

I become with every full moon
In a wolf round the vil­lage ice cream
That jumps the fence of the enclo­sure
And check the moun­tain like a banshee

Hunters are fol­low­ing my trail
I enter­tain myself sniff­ing the flow­ers
I come to my den and …Damn!
There is a beast that roars in my corner

With sealed papers in his hand
There is a learned gen­tle­man who assures
I am already much bet­ter than my mad­ness
I look like a per­fect citizen

And I get lost down the street from the crowd
But here not lost any­thing of mine
I has­ten to close my room
But there is a beast that roars in my corner

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Next Up!

Here is an Afro-Peruvian Span­ish song: Que Lindo Suena by Radiok­i­jada from Peru

Sing Along! The Span­ish lyrics and Eng­lish trans­la­tion of Que Rico Suena.

Span­ish “Que Lindo Suena”

bru­u­u­u­u­u­u­u­u­u­u­u­u­uja, como! asi!

que rico suena este ritmo,
suena con mucho sabor,
que rico suena este ritmo,
ritmo con mucho calor,

Ritmo que baila la samba,
al com­pas del cajon,
la samba mueve la mamba,
y le da mucho sabor,

suena, que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,

suena, que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,

suena, que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,

suena, que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,

sen­sual…
dando al lum­bre va dando,
tanto que llama al calor,
que llega al corazon,

que boni­i­ito…

helando,

helando,

suena, que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,

helando,

suena, que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,

helando,

dando al lum­bre va dando,
tanto que llama al calor,
que llega al corazon,

asi asi….

que rico suena este ritmo,
suena con mucho sabor,
que rico suena este ritmo,
ritmo con mucho calor,

suena, que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,

helando,

suena, que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,

helando,

suena, que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,

helando,

suena, que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,
que lindo suena,

helando,

lo bail­amos en el peru,
asi,
los negros con su sabor,
que ahora lo mues­tran al mundo,
pa que bailen dando luder leando (this last line is a guess)

Eng­lish trans­la­tion “How lovely it sounds”

Witch, how is that?

how sweet this rhythm sounds,
sounds with much fla­vor,
how sweet this rhythm sounds,
rhythm with much heat,

rhythm that dances the samba,
in the area of an alley,
the samba moves the tongue,
and gives much flavor,

sounds, how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,

sounds, how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,

sounds, how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,

sounds, how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,

sen­sual….
giv­ing to the fire it goes on giv­ing,
so much that it brings the heat,
that even comes to the heart,

how beau­ti­ful….

cool­ing,

cool­ing,

sounds, how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,

cool­ing,

sounds, how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,

cool­ing,

giv­ing to the fire it goes on giv­ing,
so much that it brings the heat,
that even comes to the heart,

like this like this…..

how sweet this rhythm sounds,
sounds with much fla­vor,
how sweet this rhythm sounds,
rhythm with much heat,

sounds, how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,

cool­ing,

sounds, how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,

cool­ing,

sounds, how lovely it sound,
how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,

cool­ing,

sounds, how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,
how lovely it sounds,

cool­ing,

we dance it in Peru,
like this,
the blacks with their fla­vor,
that they now show to the world,
so they can dance giv­ing fire (???)

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