Cachúa Serranita y Tonada El Congo

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Cachua Serranita y Tonada El Congo – Gugurumbé

Composer: Anonymous (Códice Trujillo del Perú, c. 1782)

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. This piece is taken directly from an 18th-century Peruvian manuscript.

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

Cachua serranita

No hay entendimiento humano
Que diga tus glorias hoy
Y solo basta decir
Que eres la Madre de Dios.
A na na na na na na…

En la mente de Dios Padre
Fuiste electa para Madre
Del verbo que se humano
Tomando en ti nuestra carne.
A na na na na na na…

Una eres en la substancia
Y en advocaciones varias
Pero en el Carmen Refugio
Y consuelo de las Almas.
A na na na na na na…

Tu manto en el purgatorio
Es con que el fuego le aplacas
A el porque Madre te clama
Y en Sábado lo rescatas
A na na na na na na…

No tiene la criatura
Otro auxilio si no clama
Pues por tus Ruegos se libra
De la Sentencia más Santa.
A na na na na na na…

Más y más misericordia
Le muestras al que te clama
Y pues que somos tus hijos
Llévanos a vuestra Patria.
A na na na na na na…

El devoto fervoroso
Que a celebrarte se inclina
Lleva el premio mas seguro
Como que eres madre pía.
A na na na na na na…

Pues no habrá quien siendo esclavo
Al fin no se vea libre
De las penas de esta vida
Si con acierto te sirve.
A na na na na na na…

Tonada El Congo

A la mar me llevan sin tener razón
dejando a mi madre de mi corazón.
¡Ay, que dice el Congo, lo manda el Congo,
cusucuvanve están, cusucuvá ya está!

No hay novedad, no hay novedad,
que el palo de la jeringa
derecho va a su lugar.

Cachua serranita
No human understanding
can tell your glories today,
and it is enough to say
that you are the Mother of God.
A na na na na na na…

In the mind of God the Father
you were chosen to be Mother
of the Word who became man,
taking our flesh from you.
A na na na na na na…

You are one in substance
and in many advocations,
but in Carmen you are the Refuge
and consolation of souls.
A na na na na na na…

Your mantle in purgatory
is how you quench the fire
for whoever calls you Mother,
and on Saturday you rescue him.
A na na na na na na…

The creature has
no other help but to call on you,
for through your prayers it is spared
the most holy Sentence.
A na na na na na na…

More and more mercy
you show to whoever calls on you,
and since we are your children,
take us to your homeland.
A na na na na na na…

The fervent devotee
who bows to celebrate you
carries off the surest reward,
for you are a loving mother.
A na na na na na na…

For there will be no slave
who in the end is not set free
from the sorrows of this life
if he serves you rightly.
A na na na na na na…

Tonada El Congo
They take me to sea for no reason,
leaving behind the mother of my heart.
Ay, so says the Congo, so the Congo commands,
cusucuvanve están, cusucuvá ya está!
Nothing new, nothing new,
the syringe stick
goes straight to its place.

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