¡Que Florezca! (Let it Bloom)
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PART I- CONCHEROS (AIR)

Toque de Flauta Triple
La Pasión
¡Que Florezca La Luz!

1. Santísima Trinidad
que nos dió su santa luz
que florezca la humanidad
revestida de su luz.

¡Que florezca la luz!
¡que florezca la luz!
¡que florezca la luz!
¡que florezca!

2. Nos iremos al oriente
tigre, venado y conejo
alegría encontrarás
flores blancas sembrarás.

Nos iremos al poniente
tigre, venado y conejo
una luz encontrarás
flores rojas sembrarás.

3. Nos iremos para el sur
tigre, venado y conejo
voluntad encontrarás
flores azules hallarás.

Nos iremos para el norte
tigre, venado y conejo
el reposo encontrarás
flores negras hallarás.

4. Nos iremos para el centro
tigre, venado y conejo
equilibrio encontrarás
amarillas sembrarás.



La Cruz
Xipe
Tonantzin

Del cielo bajó
triunfante y ufana
Del cielo bajó
triunfante y ufana.

La reina del cielo
La Guadalupana
La reina del cielo
La Guadalupana.



PART II- HUAPANGO (WATER)

Huapango por Bulerias

1. De Jerez a la Huasteca
y de la Huasteca a Chicago
lo han cubierto de flores
ay, por donde tu has pasa'o.

2. Con lágrimas del olvido
a tu tierra vas dejando
y al atraparla en tus sueños
las flores vas deshojando.

3. No es causa de desconsuelo
(el) huapángo es ritmo viajero
que para poder nacer
ha de morirse primero.



La Huasanga

1. Huapangueando y huapangueando
paso la vida señores
al compás de la huasanga
he venido a estos lugares
cantando y echando flores.

2. Yo no diré que no peco
porque soy un ser humano
oigan la voz de un huasteco
también la de un mexicano
cantandoles La Huasanga
de origen veracruzano.

3. Huasteca veracruzana
que te arruyas con el mar
muy temprano en la mañana
se oye el cenzontle cantar
en la noche ahí en la playa
se ve el cocuyo alumbrar.

No hay amor sin terminarse—por mas firmeza que tenga
Hasta el mundo ha de acabarse—cuando el mundo final tenga
Cuando el mundo final tenga—nadie debe lamentarse
Nadie debe lamentarse—por muerte de sus amores
Ay debe de conformarse—sabiendo que hasta las flores.

Sabiendo que hasta las flores nacen para marchitarse.



La Rosa

1. Cuando una rosa te pones
haces mi amor delirar
haces mi amor delirar
cuando una rosa te pones.

Quisiera con mis canciones
el poderte acariciar
el poderte acariciar
esos rizos jugetones.

2. Pareces una rosita
cuando se acaba de abrir
cuando se acaba de abrir
pareces una rosita.

Desengañame chatita
acabame ya de decir
si esta flor se me marchita
para qué quiro vivir.

3. Ahora sí rosita blanca
hoy te vengo a saludar
hoy te vengo a saludar
ahora sí rosita blanca.

Este negrito que canta
es el que te ha de llevar
porque solo no se aguanta
y sin tí no puede estar.



La Petenera

1. Dicen que el agua salada
tiene varias seducciones
la cosa está comprobada
que mantiene a tiburones
que mantiene a tiburones
y a la sirena encantada.

La sirena está encantada
según lo supongo yo
solo por una bañada
que un jueves santo se dió,
que siendo mujer honrada
un pescado se volvió.

2. Petenera, Petenera
quién te pudiera cantar
ojalá que yo pudiera
por lo menos entonar
como entona la sirena
del otro lado del mar.

La Petenera señores
no hay quién la pueda cantar
solo los marineritos
que navegan por la mar
que han oido a la sirena
La Petenera cantar,



PART III- MARIACHI (Fire)

Toque de Chirimia
Jarabillo
El Relámpago

1. Un relámpago en el viento
trae mucha ele'tricidad.
Acariciame tirana
si me tienes voluntad.

2. Ya viene relampagueando
y el lucero no aparece.
Acábame de querer
porque aquí nos amanece.

3. Ya me voy porque amanece
ya los gallos menudean.
No quiero que me conozcan
ni contigo que me vean.



Las Conchitas

1. Eres conchita del mar
eres conchita del mar
perla fina del oriente
perla fina del oriente
eres conchita del mar.

Andale, ándale
Conchita no seas así
Conchita si me desprecias
la vida daría por tí
la vida daría por tí.

2. Si Conchita me dijera
si Conchita me dijera
que la llevara a pasear
me la llevaría muy lejos
al otro lado del mar.

3. Te he de llevar a pasear
te he de llevar a pasear
hasta la tierra caliente
hasta la tierra caliente
te he de llevar a pasear.



Jarabe Nayarita

PART IV - NEGRITUD (Earth)

Entrada de Jarabe

1. Apenitas y ahora es tiempo
(ay si valedor)
ahora acabo de llegar |
(ay si valedor)
apenitas y ahora es tiempo, ay si.

2. Quiero que me des un beso
(ay si valedor)
pero ha de ser sin llorar
(ay si valedor)
quiero que me des un beso, ay si.



El Toro Rabón

1. Ay, ay arri,
ay arriba brama un toro
ay abajo,
abajo lo están oyendo
Ay en las pue,
en las puertas del corral
Ay los piales,
los piales están tendiendo
Corre, corre zamba,
para el galerón
sácale una vuelta,
al toro rabón.

2. Ay los toros,
los toros son los que braman
ay abajo,
abajo de los mogotes.
Ay las muje,
las mujeres son las que aman
ay, a los hom,
a los hombres con bigotes.
Zamba muele caña,
no quiere moler, ay
porque su trapiche
derrama la miel.



El Zopilote

1. Zopilote de 'ónde vienes
yo vengo de la cañada
comiste caballo muerto
mal haya tu cochinada
zopilote de 'ónde vienes.

2. Los zopilotes y yo
pasamos grandes apuros
ellos con la carne muerta
y yo con la carne viva
los zopilotes y yo.



La Iguana

1. Si quieres comer iguana
yo te la voy a agarrar.
En el patio de Tia Juana
se salen a calentar.

Uy, uy, uy que iguana tán fea, miren cómo se menea. Uy, uy, uy que iguana tan loca, miren cómo abre la boca. Uy, uy, uy que se sube al palo. Uy, uy, uy que ya se subió. Uy, uy, uy que busca su cueva. Uy, uy, uy que ya la encontró. Uy, uy, uy que se mete en ella. Uy, uy, uy que ya se metió.

2. Ya con esta me despido
la iguanita se acabó.
Que se acabe en hora buena
como no me acabe yo.



Zapateado

1. Salí una tarde a pasear
por las calles de La Habana
y cuando me dió la gana
le tiré una piedra al mar.
La vi el espacio cruzar
mas tarde la vi caer
vi una burbuja hacer
ondas azules abrirse
y la piedra sumergirse
hasta desaparecer.

2. Yo soy como mi jarana
con el corazón de cedro
por eso nunca me quiebro
y es mi pecho una campana
y es mi trova campirana
como el cantar del jilguero
por eso soy jaranero
y afino bién mi garganta
y mi corazón levanta
un viento sobre el potrero.

3. Si algún día oyeres decir
que yo he de pesar en muerto
no lo dudes que sea cierto
que ya no puedo vivir.
Entonces oiras decir
murió el rey de los amores;
me van a enterrar, no llores
que ya voy a descansar.
Nunca dejes de regar
sobre de mi tumba flores.



Aguanieve

1. Cantar me mandan señores
¿qué he de cantar si no sé?
¡por mandarlo quien lo manda
que diligencia no haré!

2. Cantaremos l'Aguanieve
que es la reina de los sones
que cantando l'Aguanieve
se alegran los corazones.

3. Tienes unos ojos tales
matadores y tan bellos
que no merecen llorar
sino que lloren por ellos.

4. Aguanieve se ha perdido
su mamá la anda buscando
que la han visto por aquí
aguanieve lloviznando.



La Bamba

1. Para bailar la bamba,
se necesita
una poca de gracia,
pa' mi y pa' ti.


CHORUS:

ay arriba y arriba,
y arriba iré
yo no soy marinero
por tí seré, por tí seré,
por tí seré.

2. Eres como una rosa,
de Alejandría
colorada de noche,
blanca de día.

3. Yo les canto la bamba,
sin pretensión
pues me sale de adentro,
del corazón.

4. Cuando la bamba,
me siento ufano
porque se que es el himno,
veracruzano.

5. En mi casa me dicen,
el niño bueno
porque tengo una novia,
que está muy cuero.

6. La mujer que yo quiero,
es dominicana
porque baila la bamba,
veracruzana.

PREGÓN:

Ay, ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
Es la bamba mi hermano,
un canto negro
que ya todos lo bailan,
con grán esmero
Veracruz y Chicago,
lo han zapateado
para honrar la memoria,
del cimarrón
que en la sierra cantaba,
con su tambor
al ritmo de la bamba,
y del corazón
ay arriba y arriba,
y arriba iré
hasta el cielo mas alto,
yo volaré, yo volaré,
yo volaré.

Bamba, bamba…

7. Dime niña bonita,
vamos a donde
donde la luna sale,
y el sol se esconde

8. Yo a las morenas quiero,
desde que supe
que morena es la virgen,
de Guadalupe.

9. Ay te pido te pido,
de corazón
que se acabe la bamba,
y venga otro son.
PART I- CONCHEROS (AIR)

Toque de Flauta Triple
La Pasión
¡Que Florezca La Luz!

1. O Holiest Trinity
You gave us your holy light
Bring blooms to humanity
And embrace us in your might.

Bring the light and let it bloom!
Bring the light and let it bloom!
Bring the light and let it bloom!
Let it bloom now!

2. We shall travel to the East
Tiger, deer and rabbit go
Inf'nite joy you'll surely find
And white flowers you will sow.

We shall travel to the West
Tiger, deer and rabbit go
Inf'nite light you'll surely find
And red flowers you will sow.

3. We shall travel to the South
Tiger, deer and rabbit go
Inf'nite will you'll surely find
And blue flowers you will sow.

We shall travel to the North
Tiger, deer and rabbit go
Inf'nite rest you'll surely find
And black flowers you will sow.

4. We shall travel to the Center
Tiger, deer and rabbit go
Inf'nite balance you shall find
Yellow flowers you will sow.



La Cruz
Xipe
Tonantzin

From heaven she came
Triumphant and proud
From heaven she came
Triumphant and proud

Lady Guadalupe
From Heaven endowed
Lady Guadalupe
From Heaven endowed



PART II- HUAPANGO (WATER)

Huapango por Bulerias

1. From Jerez to La Huasteca
And from La Huasteca to Chicago
The road's been covered with flowers
Wherever your feet have trodded.

2. With tears falling in despair
You walk away from your land
But when it's captured in dreams
The petals you've plucked fall behind.

3. No sense for that hopeless cry
Huapango rhythms can fly
In order to come alive
They must necessar'ly die.



La Huasanga

1. As I strum to the huapango
And I watch life passing by
I have wandered to this country
To the beat of my heart's cry
And I praise my songs with flowers.

2. I won't deny that I'm a sinner
I'm a mortal in the mud
But my voice is of a dreamer,
A Mexican of flesh and blood,
And I'm singing La Huasanga
Of Veracruz, the land of God.

3. My Huasteca is Veracruz
Where the sea rocks me to sleep
And the early morning blues
Are sung by cenzontles' peep;
When the seaside night lets loose
Cocuyo lights are so deep.

There's no love that's never ending—even bonds that seem unbending
So the world will have its ending—when the Earth has finished turning
When the Earth has finished turning—no one needs to be lamenting
No one needs to be lamenting—when your love comes to an ending
You must live and not be bitter—like the flowers you will whither.

Just look around at these flowers; they're blooming only to whither.



La Rosa

1. When you wear that pretty rose
You make my heart go insane
You make my heart go insane
When you wear that pretty rose.

I would like it if my prose
Could caress your pretty name
Could caress your pretty name
And get tangled in your curls.

2. You look like a little rose
Just when it's starting to bloom
Just when it's starting to bloom
You look like a little rose

Tell me the truth about those
Tell me the truth, do it soon
Can a flower decompose
'Cause I know it'll be my doom.

3. Now is the time little white rose
I've come to greet you with glee
I've come to greet you with glee
Now is the time little white rose.

I am the black man who knows
That you'll be coming with me
When I'm lonely, it clearly shows
Without you, I cannot be.



La Petenera

1. Legend tells that salty waters
Have seductions when it's dark
It's been confirmed, it is true
In the water lives a shark
In the water lives a shark
And the siren, oh so blue.

Yes the siren is so blue
At least as far as I know
Once she bathed on a river
Holy Thursday brought her low
She was a righteous woman
Now a fish tail she must grow.

2. Petenera, Petenera
I would really like to sing
Pray, if I only were able
Yes, to set my soul so free
Like the siren sings a fable
All the way accross the sea.

La Petenera, behold!
A song that no one can sing
Only sailors who are bold
And have listened to her plea
Once they've heard the siren's call
They have set sails to the sea.



PART III- MARIACHI (Fire)

Toque de Chirimia
Jarabillo
El Relámpago

1. A thunderbolt in the sky
Sparks with electricity
Give me love, caress me tender
If you want to be with me

2. I've come like a thunder lightning
And the morning light won't come
It is time to give me loving
Because soon it will be dawn.

3. I'm leaving because it's sunrise
Hear that cockle doodle doo
And I want no one to see me
Or to know that I'm with you.



Las Conchitas

1. A little shell from the ocean
A little shell from the ocean
A precious pearl from the East
A precious pearl from the East
You're a sweet shell from the ocean.

Come on babe, come on now
Conchita don't be like that
Conchita if you forsake me
Tell me where will I be at
Oh tell me where I'd be at.

2. If Conchita would just tell me
If Conchita would just tell me
That with me she would elope
I'd travel one million miles
All the way around the globe.

3. I'll take you on a vacation
I'll take you on a vacation
To visit my little town
To visit my little village
I would like to show you 'round.



Jarabe Nayarita

PART IV - NEGRITUD (Earth)

Entrada de Jarabe

1. It is only the beginning
(surely, my man)
I have only gotten here
(surely, my man)
It is only the beginning, now.

2. I want you to kiss me tender
(surely, my man)
But you musn't do it crying
(surely, my man)
I want you to kiss me tender now.



El Toro Rabón

1. High up above,
up above is where the bull roars
And down below,
down below is where they listen
Yes by the gates,
by the gates of the corral
Lassos are thrown,
they are thrown and buckles glisten.
Run, run pretty woman,
run, run to the bail
Try to go around
the bull without a tail.

2. Yes its the bulls,
its the bulls that make that big roar
Yes down below,
down below under the accaci-o.
Yes and the wee,
and the woman love their men
Best when they’re big,
and they wear a big mustachio.
Grind it pretty woman,
grind that sugar cane
When you crack the mill,
then, honey seeps away.



El Zopilote

1. Oh buzzard! where do you come from
I've flown the meadow and canyon
You've eaten flesh from a dead horse
Filthy bird you're no companion
Tell me vulture where d'you come from.

2. Those buzzards, vultures and I
We're all about just the same thing
They seek the flesh from the dead ones
And I seek it from the living
Buzzards, vultures, and I.



La Iguana

1. I can cook up an iguana
If it's what you want to eat
In the patio of Tia Juana
They lay out to soak the heat.

Uy, uy, uy she's ugly and so frail. See how she wiggles their tail. Uy, uy, uy she's crazy, she's wild. Her mouth is now open wide. Uy, uy, uy she's climbing a flagpole. Uy, uy, uy she already did. Uy, uy, uy she's finding her cave. Uy, uy, uy she already did. Uy, uy uy she's crawling inside it. Uy, uy. uy she already did.

2. Now this song is almost over
It was called the iguana's song
Let it finish when it's over
Won't you sing it 'til I'm gone.



Zapateado

1. I went out to take a stroll
Through the streets of ol' Havana
When wrapped in my bandana
I tossed a pebble to the sea.
It flew as far as I could see
Later on I saw it fall
And a bubble nearly crawl
When the waves of blue dispersed.
Then the stone fully submerged
'Til I saw nothing at all.

2. Like jaranas, I'm built well
And my heart is made of cedar.
That is why I never fear
When my heart rings like a bell.
Yes, my voice will cast a spell
Like a linnet in his song,
And my music will be strong
With my throat ever so swift
That my heart will nearly lift
Winds accross the field so long.

3. If you ever hear them say
That they'll miss me when I'm dead
Think about what they have said
'Cause I can't live one more day.
Very soon you'll hear them say
We have lost the king of lovers
Don't you cry there will be others
'Cause it's time for me to rest
Bring me flowers, find the best
So my tombstone no one bothers.



Aguanieve

1. They have asked for me to sing
And I don't know what to do
But there's little in this world
That I wouldn't do for you.

2. We will sing El Aguanieve
Of all son, the highest art
Let us sing El Aguanieve
And bring joy to every heart.

3. Yes your eyes are, oh, so pretty
They're as nice as I have said
And they don't deserve to cry
Someone cries for them instead.

4. Aguanieve has been stranded
And her mother looks in vain
Some will say that they've just seen her
Aguanieve drips like rain.



La Bamba

1. If you dance to La Bamba,
you'll surely need
(A) bit of grace (and) good intentions,
for you and me.


CHORUS:

ay arriba y arriba,
y arriba iré (cheer)
I was never a sailor
That’s what I say,
that’s what I say, that’s what I say.

2. You are just like a rose,
from far away
That looks red in the evening,
and white today.

3. When I'm singing La Bamba,
I feel a spark
‘Cause it comes from within,
deep in my heart.

4. When I'm singing La Bamba,
I feel the blues
Because this is my anthem,
from Veracruz.

5. In my house thay all say,
I am so prude
Because I have a girlfriend,
that looks so good.

6. Yes, the woman I love,
is Dominican
And she dances La Bamba,
like no one can.

PREGÓN

Ay, ay-ay-ay-ay-ay
It's La Bamba my brothers,
of African blood
It was danced by our mothers,
with greatest love
Veracruz and Chicago,
have tapped the dance
To remember the story,
of fugitives
Who sang deep in the forest,
with rustic drums
They were writing La Bamba,
deep in our hearts
I will climb to a mountain,
and reach the sky
To the highest of Heavens,
yes I will fly, and I will fly,
and I will fly.

Bamba, bamba,…

7. Come on sweet little girl,
let us go 'round
Where the full moon is rising,
and the sun goes down.

8. I love women with dark skin,
since heard say
That brown skined is the Lady,
of Guadalupe.

9. Now I beg you for mercy,
the time has come
Let us finish La Bamba,
do another song.