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Mi Chiquita Inti Illimani
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For well over 30 years, Inti-Illimani (the name translates as Sun God ) has held a beacon for Chilean music, both the traditional folk styles and the more contemporary nueva cancion. Back in 1967 a group of students at Santiago's Technical University formed a band to perform folk music. Taking their name from the Aymaran Indian language of the Andes, they began playing traditional music — something few did back then — and quickly earned a reputation around the capital, becoming more and more adept on their instruments. By the '70s they'd grown into a political beast, taking on the nueva cancion (literally new song ) of many young groups, and being quite outspoken lyrically — enough to be forced into exile in 1973, where they'd stay for 15 years. However, they refused to be cowed by the Chilean dictatorship. Basing themselves in Rome, Italy, they continued to record, and toured more heavily then ever before, earning a powerful reputation around the globe, and becoming very unofficial ambassadors of Chilean music, as well as opponents to the ruling regime. In addition to performing with a number of famous, political figures like Pete Seeger and Mikis Theodorakis, they were included on the famous 1988 Amnesty International Tour, along with Sting, Peter Gabriel, and Bruce Springsteen. • http://www.inti-illimani.cl/english.html • Mi Chiquita (My little one) was made on a poem by the Cuban poet Nicholas Guillen, whose poetry is written on a very rhythmic Afro-Cuban dialect and tradition. • • La chiquita que yo tengo • tan negra como é • no la cambio por ninguna, • por ninguna otra mujé. • Ella canta, baila, cose, • y sobre too, • caballero, cómo camina. • Cuando la vienen a buscá, • pa comé, pa bailá, • ella me tiene que llevá o traé. • Ella me dice, mi santo, • tú no me puede dejá, • buscamé, buscamé, • buscamé pa gozá. • • English Translation • This little one I've got • black as she is, • I wouldn't trade her for any other • not for any other woman • She sings, she dances, sews, • and best of all, • my friend, the way she walks. • When they come for her • to go dancing, to eat, • she has to have me with her. • She tells me : my saint, • you can't leave me. • Look for me, look for me, • look for me for fun.
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