Cara de Pingo (The Boy with the Wicked Face)

Name: Cara de Pingo (The Boy with the Wicked Face)
SKU: VE-1003
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Diana Syrse Valdés

A quasi-folk tune about a boy that sees a girl from far away and falls in love with her gracious figure. However she just passes him closely and then goes away, leaving him with a broken heart.

Choral

mixed choir

1-2 instruments, percussion, piano

moderate

secular

Difficulty: 3

Duration: 3-5 min.

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SAB, piano, marimba, two guitars

This song is based on a quasi-folk theme sung in Michoacán, originally in Purépecha. It talks about a boy that sees a girl from far away and falls in love with her gracious figure. However she just passes him closely and then goes away, leaving him with a broken heart.

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Composer’s Notes

“Cara de Pingo” (“The Boy with the Wicked Face”) is one of the arrangements that I composed for a cycle called Cantos Indígenas (Indian Songs) based on a quasi-folk theme sung in Michoacán, originally in Purépecha (original lyrics by Tata Trinidad and original melody by Silvino Chávez). The song talks about a boy that sees a girl from far away and falls in love with her gracious figure. However she, flirting with him, just passes him closely and then goes away, leaving him with a broken heart.

– Diana Syrse

Text

Ka ué kapirinia kokania mitinia naxamusanih
Ka ué kapirinia kokania mitinia naxamusuantak
Kakiniuasin matsimatsi punkuan
kano sen kuratsin tubinishku uana taman

English Translation:
I would like to know what is she saying.
I would like to know what is she talking about.
I see her from far away moving gracefully
Walking beside a boy in a very attractive way.

Spanish Translation:
Quisiera saber pronto que es lo que ella dice
Quisiera saber pronto de que es lo que habla
Y desde lejos viene contonéandose cadenciosamente
caminando a lado de un muchacho de manera muy coqueta.

—Translations by Diana Syrse Valdés

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