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La Tortuga

Atención todos van a escuchar
la triste historia voy a contar
de una tortuga que un día fue al mar
puso sus huevos en un costal
de una tortuga que un día fue al mar
puso sus huevos en un costal
y fué el mareño, los fue a traer
los fué a vender hasta Ixtaltepec
y fué el mareño, los fue a traer
los fué a vender hasta Ixtaltepec
 
Atención todos vengan a oír
la triste historia voy a seguir
tibigu güini tan sicaru
márusi pañacame guetagú
tibigu güini tan sicaru
márusi pañacame guetagú
 
los mareñitos con su costal
a la laguna van a pescar
para traer, para llevar
hay tortuguitas del arenal
para traer, para llevar
hay tortuguitas del arenal
 
Mareña linda de mi cantar
por que me matas con tu mirar
tu eres hermosa cual una flor
mareña linda de fiel amor
tus ojos brillan como el zafir
y por mirarlos quiero vivir
tus labios rojos como el coral
brindarles quiero flor de rosal
 
tibigu güini tan sicaru
márusi pañacame guetagú
 
tibigu güini tan sicaru
márusi pañacame guetagú
 
tibigu güini tan sicaru
márusi pañacame guetagú
 
tibigu güini tan sicaru
márusi pañacame guetagú
 
tibigu güini tan sicaru
márusi pañacame guetagú
 
Translation

The Turtle

Attention everyone, you're all going to hear
The sad story I'm going to sing,
About a turtle who one day went to the sea,
She laid her eggs in a sack,
About a turtle who one day went to the sea,
She laid her eggs in a sack,
And it was the mareño1 who fetched them,
And went all the way to Ixtaltepec to sell them
And it was the mareño who fetched them,
And went all the way to Ixtaltepec to sell them.
 
Attention everyone, come and listen
To this sad story that goes:
*A lovely little turtle,
*I'd be lovelier if it were made into a tamale2
A lovely little turtle,
I'd be lovelier if it were made into a tamale.
 
The little mareños with their sacks
To the lagoon they'll go to fish
To bring, to take
Oh, little turtles in the quick sand
To bring, to take
Oh, little turtles in the quick sand.
 
Pretty mareña of whom I sing,
Why do you kill me with your gaze,
You're beautiful like a flower,
Pretty mareña, loyally in love
Your eyes shine like sapphires
And a look at them makes me want to live
Your red lips like coral
I want to dedicate to them a rose flower.
 
A lovely little turtle,
I'd be lovelier if it were made into a tamale
 
A lovely little turtle,
I'd be lovelier if it were made into a tamale
 
A lovely little turtle,
I'd be lovelier if it were made into a tamale
 
A lovely little turtle,
I'd be lovelier if it were made into a tamale
 
A lovely little turtle,
I'd be lovelier if it were made into a tamale
 
  • 1. Someone who is from the indigenous Huave people, on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
  • 2. a traditional Mesoamerican dish.
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