| Original | English translation by Riccardo Venturi
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| EL PAYANDE | THE PAYANDE |
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| Naci en la playa de mar y arena | I was born on the sandy shore |
| Bajo la sombra de un payande | Under the shadow of a payande |
| Como mi madre fue una esclava | Like my mother, I am a slave |
| Tambien la marca yo la lleve | And I bear her same mark. |
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| Ay, suerte maldita llevar cadenas | What a sad lot is bearing my chains |
| Y ser esclava | Living as a slave |
| Y ser esclava de un vil señor | Living as a slave of a vile master |
| Ay, suerte maldita llevar cadenas | What a sad lot is bearing my chains |
| Y ser esclava | Living as a slave |
| Y ser esclava de un vil señor | Living as a slave of a vile master |
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| [Cuando a las sombras de una palmera | [When, in the shadow of a palm tree, |
| busco esconderme del rudo sol, | I try to shelter from the scorching sun, |
| látigos fieros cruzan mi espalda | They fiercely lash me on my back |
| y me recuerdan que esclava soy. | To remind me I am a slave. |
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| Ay, suerte maldita llevar cadenas | What a sad lot is bearing my chains |
| Y ser esclava | Living as a slave |
| Y ser esclava de un vil señor | Living as a slave of a vile master |
| Ay, suerte maldita llevar cadenas | What a sad lot is bearing my chains |
| Y ser esclava | Living as a slave |
| Y ser esclava de un vil señor | Living as a slave of a vile master |
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| Si yo pudiera coger mi lanza, | If only I could take my lance |
| vengarme airada de mi señor, | And, in wrath, my revenge on my master, |
| con gusto viera yo arder su casa | I'd see with pleasure his house burning |
| y le arrancara el corazón. | And I'd rip up his heart from his breast. |
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| Ay, suerte maldita llevar cadenas | What a sad lot is bearing my chains |
| Y ser esclava | Living as a slave |
| Y ser esclava de un vil señor | Living as a slave of a vile master |
| Ay, suerte maldita llevar cadenas | What a sad lot is bearing my chains |
| Y ser esclava | Living as a slave |
| Y ser esclava de un vil señor] | Living as a slave of a vile master.] |
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