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This pancocojams post showcases the official YouTube video "La Rumba Me Llamo Yo" as performed by Cuban singer Daymé Arocena
This post presents an English translation for this song which is sung in Spanish. Some explanations in English for some of these lyrics are also included in this post.
This content is presented for cultural, entertainment, and
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All copyrights remain with their owner.
Thanks to Daymé Arocena for her musical legacy. Thanks to
the producer of this video and all those who are featured in this video and
thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher
of this video on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/06/cuban-singer-dayme-arocena-la-rumba-me.html for the June 2019 pancocojams post entitled "Cuban Singer Daymé Arocena - "La Rumba Me Llamo
Yo" (video & comments)." That post includes biographical information about Daymé Arocena that is found in the summary of that video and selected comments from that YouTube video's discussion thread.
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOR LYRICS FOR "LA RUMBA ME LLAMO YO" ("THE RUMBA IS MY NAME"]
[Scat singing]
My mother says that black is gifted
That he approaches me for shadow
And that he does not love my side
That I am a daughter of luck
That mine is natural
That I do not share my glory
Pa that don't love me wrong
My mother says, your ocha is not babalawo
But if you were a man, drummer you were consecrated
Moyugba Eggun, who does not let you fall
That goes to war with you so that I can win
Says my mother will be fine and thin
But the conga With you, Dancing you pal bembe
That gives you laughter, and a tumbao that tumbles
And that is why the dead are going to pull you to the rumba
[Scatting]
I'm Iya, I'm Bongo, the rumba is my name
The rumba is my name, the rumba is my name I
am Iya, I am Bongo, the rumba is my name
[Scatting] (x5)
I'm Iya, I'm Bongo, the rumba is my name… (x5)
Imborooooo
What do you want 'to be given?
Rumba, come come,
what do you want to do?
What do you want them to give you?
Rumba, come come,
what do you want 'to be given?
Rumba, come come
(Tell me what you want them to give you?)
What do you want them to give you?
Rumba, come come…
[Scatting]
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://genius.com/Dayme-arocena-la-rumba-me-llamo-yo-lyrics&prev=search&pto=aue
Click https://genius.com/Dayme-arocena-la-rumba-me-llamo-yo-lyrics for the original Spanish lyrics for this song.
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EXPLANATIONS FOR SOME OF THE LYRICS IN THIS SONG
OCHA
From https://silirecio.com/blog/what-have-i-done-and-other-answers-to-your-questions#:~:text=Here's%20what%20it%20means%3A,during%20a%20seven%2Dday%20ceremony.
…“Ocha = Ocha (Kariocha, making Santo): The initiation of a
new priest or priestess where his/her tutelary Orisha is put on his/her head
(crown) during a seven-day ceremony. The newly initiated priest/priestess then
enters their Iyaworaje, their year and 7 days of purification, rejuvenation,
transformation and learning.
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Here's information about the word "orisha" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha
"In the native religion of the Yoruba people, Orisha (spelled
òrìṣà in the Yoruba language, orichá in Cuban practice and orixá in Brazilian
practice of Latin America) are spirits sent by Olodumare[1] for the guidance of
all creation and of humanity in particular, on how to live and be successful on
Àiyé (Earth). Most Òrìṣà are said to have previously existed in the spirit
world (òrún) as Irúnmọlẹ̀, and then become incarnated as human beings here on
Earth. Others are said to be humans who are recognised as deities upon their
death due to extraordinary feats accomplished in life.[2]
Many Òrìṣà have found their way to most of the New World as
a result of the Atlantic slave trade and are now expressed in practices as varied
as Santería, Candomblé, Trinidad Orisha, Umbanda, and Oyotunji, among others.
The concept of orisha is similar to those of deities in the traditional
religions of the Bini people of Edo State in southern Nigeria, the Ewe people
of Benin, Ghana, and Togo, and the Fon people of Benin.[2][3]”…
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BABALAWO
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babalawo#:~:text=Babaal%C3%A1wo%20or%20Babalawo%20(Babalao%20or,priest%20of%20the%20If%C3%A1%20oracle.
"Babaaláwo or Babalawo (Babalao or Babalaô in West Africa; literally meaning
'father of the mysteries' in the Yoruba language) is a spiritual title that
denotes a priest of the Ifá oracle. Ifá is a divination system that represents
the teachings of the Òrìṣà Ọrunmila, the Òrìṣà of Wisdom, who in turn serves as
the oracular representative of Olodumare. A Babalawo's female counterpart is
known as an or Ìyánífá
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MO'JUBA (given as "Moyugba Eggun" in that song)
from https://sites.google.com/site/theyorubareligiousconcepts/suyere-prayers/mo-juba-iba
..."The Mo'juba is a ancestral prayer that santeros/as use to
called the spirit, material and ancestral spirit into being . This allows the
Ase ( spoken power) to manifest into the material world as a guide and tool for
any given ceremony. The main thing about the Mojuba is that it come from the
heart of the person speaking it"...
[,,,]
Mojuba eggun-gun ile e eleri e mi ( Reverence to the spirits
of my house and of my head)”…
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EGGUN
From https://sites.google.com/site/theyorubareligiousconcepts/egungun-the-ancestors
…"Egun are the spirits of departed ancestors, whether
related by blood or by religious lineage. Honoring one's ancestors can be
viewed in simple or in complex, metaphysical terms, which we will examine here.
When an individual is born, her soul incarnates, that is,
takes on a physical body. This soul comes from a constellation of energy that
continuously incarnates within a family line. This is a very broad concept,
because all family lines eventually return to one people. However, it is
commonly believed that familiar energies tend to stay together, which is why we
bear the traits of our recent ancestors. While the soul is here, it gathers
wisdom and knowledge through its experiences on this plane. When the individual
dies, the spirit dis-incarnates and returns to that constellation of energies,
the cull of souls, if you will, to await reincarnation.”…
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IYA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iya_Nla
"Ìyá Nlá is the primordial spirit of all creation in
Yoruba cosmology. She is believed to be the source of all existence. Iya Nla
literally means “Great Mother” in the Yoruba language (Ìyá: Mother; Nlá:
Big or Great).”...
In The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ Spectacle: Art,
Gender, and Social Harmony in an African Culture, art historian Babatunde Lawal
reveals that Ìyá Nlá in Yoruba cosmology is the orisha who is the
“Mother of All Things, including the deities.”[1] Lawal also asserts that the
female principle in nature has been personified as Ìyá Nlá (The Great
Mother), whereby human beings can relate to one another as children of the same
mother.”[2] Teresa N. Washington’s Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts:
Manifestations of Àjẹ́ in Africana Literature, states that Ìyá
Nlá — the Mother of All, who is also known as Yewájọbí, Odù, Odùduwà, and
Àjẹ́ — is not merely an orisha; Ìyá Nlá is the primordial force of all
creation.[3]"
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I'm not sure what the word "Bongo" means in this song. Since "Iya" means "Mother of all", my guess is that in the context of the line "
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I don't know what "Imboro" means in this song.
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