Angelitos Negros

Pintor nacido en mi tierra

Painter born in my land

Con el pincel extranjero,

With the foreign brush,

Pintor que sigues el rumbo

Painter who follows the path

De tantos pintores viejos.

Of so many old painters.

Aunque la vrtgen sea blanca

Even if the virgin is white

Pintale angelitos negros

Paint black little angels

Que tambien se van al cielo

Because black children also go to heaven

Todos los negritos buenos.

All the good little black ones.

Pintor, si pintas con amor

Painter, if you paint with love

Por que desprecias su color,

Why do you despise their color,

Si sabes que en el cielo

If you know that in heaven

Tambien, ay tambien los quiere dios.

Also, oh, also, God loves them.

Pintor de santos y alcobas

Painter of saints and bedrooms

Si tienes algo en el cuerpo,

If you have something in your heart,

Por que al pintar tantos cuadros

Why, in painting so many pictures,

Te olvidaste de los negros.

Did you forget about the blacks?

Siempre que pintas iglesias

Whenever you paint churches

Pintas angelitos bellos,

You paint beautiful little angels,

Pero nunca te acordaste

But you never remembered

De pintar un angel negro.

To paint a black angel.