Angelitos Negros

Javier Solis
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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 virgen sea blanca

Even though the Virgin is white

Píntame angelitos negros

Paint me black little angels

Que también se van al cielo

Because they 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

También los quiere Dios

God also loves them


Pintor de santos y alcobas

Painter of saints and bedrooms

Si tienes alma en el cuerpo

If you have a soul in your body

Porque al pintar esos cuadros

Because in painting those pictures

Te olvidaste de los negros

You forgot about the black ones


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 ángel negro

To paint a black angel


Pintor de santos y alcobas

Painter of saints and bedrooms

Si tienes alma en el cuerpo

If you have a soul in your body

Porque al pintar esos cuadros

Because in painting those pictures

Te olvidaste de los negros

You forgot about the black ones


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 ángel negro

To paint a black angel

Moderated by Sofia Diaz
Guatemala City, Guatemala March 15, 2025
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