Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito – Gugurumbé
Composer: Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002). Arr. Fahmi Alqhai
Accademia del Piacere takes to Germany a concert version of “Gugurumbé”, a stage show inspired by the influence of Africa and the Americas on Spanish Baroque music. Here Quiteria Muñoz sings Montsalvatge’s “Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito” in an arrangement by Fahmi Alqhai.
Credits
Fahmi Alqhai, viola da gamba & direction
Quiteria Muñoz, soprano
Rocío Márquez, flamenco singer
Dani de Morón, flamenco guitar
ACCADEMIA DEL PIACERE
Rami Alqhai and Johanna Rose, violas da gamba
Carles Blanch, baroque guitar
Francisco Javier Núñez, harpsichord
Agustín Diassera, percussion
Lyrics
Ninghe, ninghe, ninghe, tan chiquitito,
el negrito que no quiere dormir.
Cabeza de coco, grano de café,
con lindas motitas, con ojos grandotes
como dos ventanas que miran al mar.
Cierra los ojitos, negrito asustado;
el mandinga blanco te puede comer.
¡Ya no eres esclavo!
Y si duermes mucho, el señor de casa
promete comprar traje con botones
para hacer un ‘groom’.
Ninghe, ninghe ninghe, duérmete negrito,
cabeza de coco, grano de café.
Ninghe, ninghe, ninghe, so tiny,
the little black boy who will not sleep.
Coconut head, coffee bean,
with pretty freckles, with great big eyes
like two windows looking out to sea.
Close your little eyes, frightened little one;
the white mandinga may eat you up.
You are no longer a slave!
And if you sleep a lot, the master of the house
promises to buy a suit with buttons
to make you a ‘groom’.
Ninghe, ninghe, ninghe, go to sleep, little one,
coconut head, coffee bean.
