Genius English Translations
Compay Segundo - La negra Tomasa (English Translation)
I am much in love
With the black girl Tomasa
Who whenever she leaves the house
Makes me so sad

I am much in love
With the black girl Tomasa
Who whenever she leaves the house
Makes me so sad

Ay, ay, ay
This beautiful black girl
Who has bewitched me
This beautiful black girl
Who has bewitched me

The food does not taste good anymore
That she cooks for me
The coffee does not taste good anymore
That shе sieves for me

Thе food does not taste good anymore
That she cooks for me
The coffee does not taste good anymore
That she sieves for me
Ay, ay, ay
This beautiful black girl
Who has bewitched me
This beautiful black girl
Who has bewitched me

I am much in love
With the black girl Tomasa
Who whenever she leaves the house
Makes me so sad

Ay, ay, ay
This beautiful black girl
Who has bewitched me
This beautiful black girl
Who has bewitched me

Definitely gone!
Definitely gone!

There in Havana, Tasajo
And there in the East, Mabinga

Definitely gone!
Definitely gone!
I knew a cook
Who cooked Mabinga

Definitely gone!
Definitely gone!

And pounded garlic
With the head of the pestle

Definitely gone!
Definitely gone!

How I danced with Tomasa
In the Barrio de la timba

Definitely gone!
Definitely gone!

Definitely gone!
Definitely gone!

Definitely gone!
Definitely gone!