La mama vieja [English translation]

The old mother always rules,

sometimes she sweats when she dances,

in the llamadas 1 the beat wheighs her,

ay!

The mother knows and speaks to them,

everyone stops to listen to her,

she works a lot, still sings,

ay!

The conventillo 2is today

with candombe an with mom,

everybody moves to the beat,

with mom.

The mother opens the door one day,

she was skinny with a grandmother,

the grandmother dies, and she remains,

ay!

The old mother sometimes cries,

it looks like she feels lonely,

looking at the children in the rounds,

ay!

The conventillo 2is today

with candombe an with mom,

everybody moves to the beat,

with mom.

1. The llamadas parade. A parade related to the Uruguayan carnival and the candombe. 2. a. b. An old tenement house