Juana la Boba

Lyrics

[Intro] Juana, mira bien, la historia la escribió quien no la vio. [Verse 1: Female] En la plaza, con su falda color vino, Juana oyó los tambores torcer el camino. Le dijeron “bobita,” por callar y mirar, pero guardaba cien mapas detrás del delantal. [Verse 2: Male Rap] No era lenta, era lista, leía la habitación, dejaba que el fanfarrón se enredara en su voz. Cuatro cuerdas, pie de tierra, palma contra tambor, cuando Juana abrió la boca, cambió el dueño del salón. [Chorus: Female] Juana la boba—no era boba, na’; se quedó callada para escuchar. Juana la boba—sabía esperar; cuando cayó la máscara, la vieron mandar. [Verse 3: Female, English] She kept the key beneath a bowl of limes, let every loud man spend his borrowed lines. She knew the tide, the ledger, and the door; they called her simple—she was counting more. [Verse 4: Male Rap, English and Spanish] They mistook her patience for a vacant stare, while she tracked every promise in the humid air. “¿Quién se ríe ahora?”—the whole room knows, Juana held the answer where the wild cane grows. [Break] [Female, whispered] 听着，别急。 [Male, low] 看清楚再说。 [Verse 5: Female, Chinese] 她不说话，只把风记下， 看人来去，看潮水回答。 他们叫她傻，她轻轻一笑， 钥匙在手，天快亮了。 [Chorus: Female and Male] Juana la boba—no era boba, na’; she let them talk while she read the room. Juana la boba—sabía esperar; 她握着钥匙，转身开门。 [Bridge: Male Rap] Plena in the corner, old wood in her hand, red dust on her shoes, whole town at command. No crown, no sermon, no debt to repay— she chose her own road and she walked it away. [Final Chorus: Female Lead, Male Responses] Juana la boba—no era boba, na’; se quedó callada para escuchar. (她听见了。) Juana la boba—sabía esperar; when the room went still, she was already there. [Outro: Female] Juana… no era boba, na’.