Name: Décimas De Nacimiento
Duration: P00H03M22S
Description: "Los Jíbaros" were better known as the Cuarteto Flores, a popular and influential Puerto Rican group in New York for many years. This aguinaldo (carol) consists of décimas, traditional ten-line verses, performed in dialogue. The three guitars play music reminiscent of Andalusian Spain.

Los Jibaros - Décimas De Nacimiento

from Where Will You Be Christmas Day? by Various Artists

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"Los Jíbaros" were better known as the Cuarteto Flores, a popular and influential Puerto Rican group in New York for many years. This aguinaldo (carol) consists of décimas, traditional ten-line verses, performed in dialogue. The three guitars play music reminiscent of Andalusian Spain.

lyrics

Vilar:
En un pesebre nacio
a eso de la medianoche
un niño que sin reproche
clamaron hijo de Dios
Una estrella iluminó
el sitio donde María
tenía en brazos al Mesías
que acaba de nacer
al que empezaban a ver
al amanecer del día

Davilita:
Los tres magos soberanos
de los reinos del Oriente
vinieron muy diligentes
a ofrendar su Dios cristiano
y todo el mundo pagano
Recuerda las profecías
Pues sabian que nacería
pronto el hijo de Israel
y que lo iban a ver
Al amanecer del día

Vilar:
Todas las aves cantaban
olian todas las flores
bonita luz y colores
las astros del cielo daban
Los buenos sabios oraban
Los réprobos se escondian
En las pajas ya había
Nacido el niño sonriente
Se postró un mundo creyente
Al amanecer del día

Davilita:
Y a través de las edades
recordando al soberan o
el universo cristiano
celebra las navidades
dice así, felicidades
El humano se extasía
y aún pedimos al Mesías
hijo de María y José
que algo de su gracia nos dé
al amenecer del día

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Vilar:
He was born in a manger
About midnight
An innocent child
Proclaimed the Son of God
A star shone upon
The place where Mary
Held our Saviour in her arms
Who had just been born
They beheld him
At daybreak

Davilita:
The three wise men
From the Orient
Promptly came
To offer gifts to the Son of God
And all the pagan world
They remembered the prophecies
That foretold the birth
Of the Son of Israel
And they came to see Him
At daybreak

Vilar:
All the birds were singing
All the flowers were perfumed
Stars in the sky were shedding
Beautiful light and colors
The wise men were praying
The scoundrels were hiding
Already, in the straw
The smiling child had been born
Everyone fell to their knees
At daybreak

Davilita:
Throughout the ages
In memory of our Sovereign
The Christian universe
Celebrates His birth
With good wishes
Humanity is ecstatic
And we still pray for the Messiah
Son of Mary and Joseph
To shed His grace upon us
At daybreak

credits

from Where Will You Be Christmas Day?, released October 12, 2004
by Los Jibaros
Vilar and Pedro Dávila (Davilita) - vocal duet, with three guitars and güiro.
New York City, November 14, 1935.

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