Thread: Help Please

Hi
I am currently enrolled in a culture and diveristy class and I am supposed to come up with a project and I was thinking I could take this song that I heard and make it into a book. If you can help me out with the lyrics that would be great. Thanks

A la nanita nana nanita ella
Mi nina tiene sueno bendito sea,bendito sea

A la nanita nana nanita ella
Mi nina tiene sueno bendito sea,bendito sea

Fuentecita que carre clara y sonara
Ruisenor que en la selva
Cantando illora
Calla mientras la cuna se balansea
A la nanita nana nanita ella
A la nanita nana nanita ella
Nanita ella
Mi nina tiene sueno bendito
Sea, bendito sea
Fuentecita que carre clara y sonora
Ruisenor que en la selva
Cantando illora
Calla mientras la cuna se balonsea
A la nanita nana nanita ella

sweetpea19025

Then what is the poll for?

And what is the project about??

That is the anglicized version of Nanita Nana. If directly translated, your lyrics say:

A la nanita nana, nanita ea, nanita ea,
My Jesus is sleepy, blessed be he, blessed be he
Little fountain that runs clear and sweet-sounding,
Nightingale that in the jungle is singing, cries
Hush while the cradle rocks
A la nanita nana, nanita ea.

This is what I believe to be corrected lyrics and a meaning translation. This is not a word for word translation or it would not sound correct. I hope this helps.

Ray

A la nanita nana nanita ella nanita ella
Oh the little girl, Oh the little girl, I speak of her
Mi nina tiene sueno, bendito sea, bendito sea
My little girl is sleepy, blessed is she, blessed is she
A la nanita nana nanita ella nanita ella
Oh the little girl, Oh the little girl, Her, I speak of her
Mi nina tiene sueno bendito sea, bendito sea
My little girl is sleepy, blessed is she, blessed is she
Fuertecita que corre, clara y sonora
She runs so forceful, clear is the sound
Fui senor que la selva
It was God that saved her
Cantando llora
Singing as she cries
Calla mientras la cuna, se balansea
She falls within her crib, She balances herself
A la nanita nana nanita ella
Oh the little girl, I speak of her
A la nanita nana nanita ella nanita ella
Oh the little girl, Oh the little girl, I speak of her
Mi nina tiene sueno, bendito sea,bendito sea
My little girl is sleepy, blessed is she, blessed is she
Fuertecita que corre, ara y sonora
She runs so forceful, clear is the sound
Fui senor que la selva
It was God that saved her
Cantando llora
Singing as she cries
Calla mientras la cuna se balansea
She falls within her crib, She balances herself
A la nanita nana, nanita ella
Oh the little girl, I speak of her

After living in Spain for the last eight years, speaking the language daily and having an intimate understanding of spanish eloquence, as we understand the lyrics, we think that a possibly somewhat more accurate translation would be as follows :

A la nanita nana nanita ella
To Nanita Nana, she,
Mi nina tiene sueno bendito sea, bendito sea
My little girl is sleepy -be blessed - be blessed,
Fuentecita que carre clara y sonara
Little spring that runs clear and makes a sound,
Ruisenor que en la selva
The nightingale in the jungle, (Woods)
Cantando y llora
Singing and cries,
Calla mientras la cuna se balansea
Be quiet whilst the cradle rocks,
A la nanita nana nanita ella
To Nanita Nana, she,
A la nanita nana nanita ella
To Nanita Nana, she,
Mi nina tiene sueno bendito, Sea, bendito sea
My little girl is sleepy -be blessed - be blessed,
Fuentecita que carre clara y sonora
Little spring that runs clear and makes a sound,
Ruisenor que en la selva
The nightingale in the jungle
Cantando illora
Singing and cries,
Calla mientras la cuna se balonsea
Be quiet whilst the cradle rocks,
A la nanita nana nanita ella.



Hope this is helpful to you :-)

Wow! This is an old thread for sure.

This song is really a lullaby for Baby Jesus and also a Christmas carol. My mother tells me they used to sing it when they gathered around the Nativity on Christmas nights.

The words of the original song have been changed in the version given here.

This is a link of a very accurate translation to the original song.
http://www.learn-spanish-online.de/e...anita_nana.htm

Another great link that explains this http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1226047


Some comments on your translation though:

Fuentecita que carre clara y sonara
Little spring that runs clear and makes a sound,(sonora suggests music, not only a sound)
Ruisenor que en la selva
The nightingale in the jungle, (Woods)
Cantando y llora
Singing and cries,
Calla mientras la cuna se balansea
Be quiet whilst the cradle rocks, (it is the bird who stops singing)