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Original lyrics
Petrona De Neza Guéte
Gunna xhianga sicarú lu
biia padxí cayúuna lú lu
qué gánnu pabiá nadxiée lii.
Petrona de neza guéte
má nisi lá lu ruzéete
ládxi duá dí má bidiée lii.
Bindiibi lu naa qué ñánna
nisi lii ricá íque yanna
bindiibi néu naa guicha ícu
ziuula ne nayaase lana.
Má qué guidxéla xhi gúne
pur lii rúuna ne rixhúdxe
stale tu ruxhídxi naa.
Pa ñana xhii lu naa caadxi
niná lu né naa xhunaxhi
qué nizáya diá sacá.
Ribána lii ora má qué guínnu
¿paraa riuu lu? ¿paraa rie lu?
nadxiée lii ti sicarú lu
ne pur nga záte xha ñee lu.
Qué xha ganna lu Petrona
ládxi duá pabiá cayuuba
nudii lu naa ládxi dó lo.
Para nusáana de ñúuna
rinába ni lii Petrona
casi ñaca ni ti guna.
Má qué guidxéla xhi gúne
pur lii rúuna ne rixhúdxe
stale tu ruxhídxi naa.
Pa ñana xhii lu naa caadxi
niná lu né naa xhunaxhi
qué nizáya diá sacá.
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citlālicue on 2016-07-15
citlālicue on 2016-07-15Last edited by citlālicue on 2018-06-17
citlālicue on 2018-06-17Translation
Petrona From The Southern Land
Woman, you're so beautiful
for so long I've cried for you,
you don't know how much I love you.
Unknowingly you tied us together,
now all I ever think about is you,
you tied me up with your hair
your long and black strands of hair.
I don't know what to do,
I'm drunk and I cry for you,
many people laugh at me.
If you had loved me just a little,
and if you had wanted to be with me,2
I wouldn't wander like I do now.
I miss you when you're not here,
where are you? where do you go?
I love you because you're beautiful,
and so I'd die at your feet.
Petrona, don't you know
how much it pains my heart so?
if only you'd give me your love.
Only then would I stop crying,
I beg you, Petrona
give it to me as if it were charity.
I don't know what to do,
I'm drunk and I cry for you,
many people laugh at me.
If you had loved me just a little,
and if you had wanted to be with me,
I wouldn't wander like I do now.
- 1. neza guéte means '(the path) deep from the south' (but it's translated as 'from the path below' in the Spanish that I've provided). However, which part in the South is unknown. César is from La Ventosa, but spent many years living in Juchitán, Oaxaca (which is located north of La Ventosa). I'd make more sense if he's saying the Petrona is from Juchitán.
- 2. the word after that is 'virgencita' or actually, 'virgen' because the word for virgencita would be 'xhunaxhi huiini', which means 'little virgin'. He's comparing her to a saint, something heavenly. The entire line would be 'and if you had wanted to be together (together being in a relationship or even marriage), oh heavenly girl'.
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Collections with "Petrona De Neza ..."
| 1. | Indigenous songs of Mexico |
César López Orozco: Top 3
| 1. | Bacaanda' |
| 2. | Vagabundo |
| 3. | Petrona De Neza Guéte |
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