Sound Clips:
- Candela - A guaracha by "El Guayabero" Faustino Oramas.
- Choferito - A tune by Ignacio Ríos done as a Dominican merengue.
- De Tu Amor de Ayer - A bolero-cha based on the song made famous by Alicia Rivera.
- Rumberito - A descarga based on a salute to the orishas.
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The Conjunto 23 CD:
Conjunto 23 completed their debut album in May 2004, recorded at dm Studios and live at Mokas' Restaurant over the summer of 2003.
The CD is available only at Conjunto 23 performances, but we've provided some excerpts here to whet your appetite!
Lyrics:
Candela
Faustino Oramas
Ay candela, candela,
candela me quemo aé
Puso un baile jutía
para una gran diversión
De timbalero un ratón
que alegraba el campo un día
Un gato tambien venía,
elegante y placentero
"Buenas noches, compañero"
siempre dijo así el timbal
"¿Para alguien aquí puedo tocar
para descansar un poco?"
Salió el ratón medio loco,
"también voy a descansar"
Y el gato en su buen bailar
bailaba un danzón liviano
El ratón se subió al guano
y dice bien placentero:
"¡Ahora si quieren bailar
Busquen otro timbalero!"
Candela
Faustino Oramas
Ay, fire, fire, I'm burning
A jutía [rodent] put on a dance
to have a good time
The timbal player was a mouse
out in the fields one day
A cat also came, elegant and polite
"Good evening, friend,"
he said as always
"I can play for someone
if they need to rest"
The mouse left half-crazy,
"I'm also going to rest"
And the cat, a good dancer
Danced a lively danzón
The mouse got up on the roof
and said very politely
"Now if you want to dance
Find another timbal player!"
Choferito
Ignacio Ríos
Choferito, Choferito,
llévame a donde está ella
Te pago la gasolina
si tú me le encuentras a ella
Choferito, Choferito,
llévame a donde está ella
Déja usted la linea
y sale en la carretera
Choferito, Choferito,
llévame a donde está ella
A la virgen milagrosa
yo derrotado por ella
Choferito, Choferito,
llévame a donde está ella
Mete a la primera viejo,
mete la segunda viejo
Mete la tercera viejo
para que pueda acelar
Choferito
Ignacio Ríos
Little chauffeur, little chauffeur,
take me to her
I'll pay for the gasoline
if you find her for me
Little chauffeur, little chauffeur,
take me to her
Leave the starting line
and get out on the highway
Little chauffeur, little chauffeur,
take me to her
The miraculous virgin
and I'm destroyed by her
Little chauffeur, little chauffeur,
take me to her
Put it in first, old man,
put it in second
Put it in third, old man,
so it can accelerate
De Tu Amor de Ayer
vers. Alicia Rivera
De tu amor de ayer
ni cenizas quedan
Se extinguió la llama
De aquel fuego ardiente
que fue nuestro amor
Ya tu no recuerdas
que fue en tu vida
El cariño santo
que mordió tus labios
Y bebió tu miel
Y que entre mis manos
yo tuve tu pelo
Y te dí la savia
de mi ardiente amor
Pero nada queda,
ni cenizas
Todo se ha olvidado
Todo se ha olvidado,
todo se acabó
De Tu Amor de Ayer
vers. Alicia Rivera
Of your love of yesterday
not even ashes remain
It has been extinguished
That ardent flame
that was our love
Already you don't remember
what I was in your life
The saintly tenderness
that chewed your lips
And drank your honey
And that between my hands
I held your hair
And I gave you the juices
of my passionate love
But nothing remains,
not even ashes
Everything has been forgotten
Everything has been forgotten,
everything is over