El Blues del Esclavo Mecano Translation Meaning and Lyrics
Song Meaning
'El Blues del Esclavo' means 'The Slave's Blues' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Mecano' human translated here by a native speaker.
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3rd Person Singular Subjunctive Present
of the verb entrar
That
enters
to
bag
1,2,3,4
Que entre a saco meaning: Que entre a saco is a Spanish expression that originally meant “stop doing the wrong thing and do the right thing”. You can check a more profound study here.
transitive:intransitive to change, to shift, to switch, to alter
3rd Person Singular Indicative Present
of the verb cambiar
And
this
changes
Aligned Translation: And this changes
Free Translation: And this changes
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65.77O tos pa Gambia
Original Lyrics:
O tos pa Gambia
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O
tos
pa
Gambia
1,2,3,4
O tos pa Gambia meaning: O tos pa Gambia is a contraction for “O todos para Gambia” – “Or everyone (Everybody) to Gambia”. O tos pa Gambia is an expression that was used by Afro-American people in Spain during slave times, people wanted more rights and better working conditions, and if that wasn’t possible all of them would return to Gambia and leave the lands alone without people working them.
Aligned Translation: O tos pa Gambia
Free Translation: Or everyone to Gambia
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68.3Desde Kunta Kinte a nuestros días
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Desde Kunta Kinte a nuestros días
auxiliary verb taking past participle to build various perfect tenses to have
to make (something)
this
music genreblues
1st Person Plural Indicative Present
of the verb haber
Pastparticiple Singular Masculine
of the verb hacer
We have
made
this
blues
Aligned Translation: We have made this blues
Free Translation: We have made this blues
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Mecano El Blues del Esclavo meaning and lyrics explained
El Blues del Esclavo – “The Slave’s Blues” is a song by the Spanish band Mecano. The song was released in 1989. The lyrics talk about the slavery in the USA to Afro-Americans in the past, but the song does not make a polemic statement against it but in a humorous tone validating the fight for their rights.
The song starts by saying that being black it’s just a color but being a slave just for that reason is illogical, the song speaks as if we were listing to a slave saying that he’s tired of working so much under the sun.
The slave then says that his friends and working companion think alike, they want rights or everybody is going to the Gambia. They expected that with the Civil War now their Cotton Syndicate will be admitted and with that obtaining certain rights like Sunday rest, a normal payment, and even vacation, they just want to be treated with dignity.
The song also stated that those who wanted should have the right to return to their countries and run naked through the jungle with their wife and kids.
El Blues del Esclavo by Mecano is a great song because it gives people another view of slavery and how bad it is, but it doesn’t do it with a sad and cruel story but with a nice theme and comfy lyrics.
El Blues del Esclavo is a great song for practicing Spanish, Mecano does a great job with the lyrics and the singer is very clear on each line so you won’t have problems understanding what she is saying. Overall a magnificent song with a great message.
Submitted by user: ANITA
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Most people find the song lyrics very easy to understand lyrics,
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very easy to remember verbs and nouns
El Blues del Esclavo has 127 BPM (beats per minute)
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RAE Based on a median word frequency of 7028 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)
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