El tambor chico (part. Rueda de Candombe)

With all the setbacks
That you find in life
Let me explain
I prefer in the candombe
The offbeat of the little drum, mm-mm

Here comes the little one making noise (taracá, taracá, taracá)
A sixteenth note after the beat (taracá, taracá, taracá)
With its groovy rhythm (taracá, taracá, taracá)
That keeps you here and now (taracá, here and now, here and now)
Here and now and right here

Time goes by, but you
Eventually come to realize
That the little drum is right side up
And it’s the world that’s upside down, oh-oh

Eh

It’s my favorite creed
When the candombe ignites and hits the streets
With the drum, we also pray
And life fits in that sixteenth note
Here comes the little one making noise (taracá, taracá, taracá)
A sixteenth note after the beat (taracá, taracá, taracá)
Its heart beats like a drum (salute, Jorginho Gularte taracá, taracá, taracá)
That keeps you here and now (taracá, here and now, here and now)
Here and now and right here

Time goes by, but you
Eventually come to realize
That the little drum is right side up
And it’s the world that’s upside down, oh-oh

Oh-oh

The little drum is right side up
And it’s the world that’s upside down (look, look, what a beautiful sixteenth note)
The little drum is right side up
And it’s the world that’s upside down (salute my brother the Wolf)
The little drum is right side up (the little one is right side up)
And it’s the world that (the world is upside down) is upside down
(Darío and Fernan, like a clock, taracá, taracá, taracá)
The little drum is right side up (oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)
And it’s the world that’s upside down (taracá, taracá, taracá)