These outstanding beautiful lyrics reach everybody, everywhere, around the world that live away from their countries. Gloria Estefan album “Mi Tierra” has appealed to people of all nationalities.
This video of “Mi Tierra”, shows the inviting musicians playing their instruments: Cachao bass, Sheila E. congas, Nestor Torres flute, Paquito Echevarría piano, Luis Enrique timbales.
In an interview with the Washington Post on November 29, 2017, Glories said, "If I could only leave one album behind, it would be 'Mi Tierra' "
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWAWQmhqWGo
My Homeland lyrics
From my beautiful land, from my holy land
I hear that cry of the drums
and the timbales when cumbanchando
and that cry that a brother sings
that lives far away from his land
and that the memory makes him cry
a song that lives singing
of his pain from his own crying
and he is heard to grieve.
The land hurts you, the land gives you
in the middle of the soul, when you are not there
The land pushes you from the root and lime
The land sigh, if it does not see you anymore...
The land where you were born
you can forget it, because it has your roots
and what you leave behind.
Continuum the crys, the melancholy
and every night next to the moon
continues the peasant singing the son.
and every street that goes to my town
he has a moan, has a lament
He has nostalgia as his voice.
and that song that keeps on intoning
runs in the blood and keeps coming
with more strength to the heart ...
He has a moan ... my land
have a lament ... my land
I never forget it ... my land
I carry it in my feeling, yes sir
I hear that scream ... my land
live the memory ... my land
runs in my blood ... my land
I carry it inside of course
song of my beautiful and holy land
I suffer that pain that is in your soul
although I am far away I feel it
and one day I return I know it
* ‘Cumbancha’ is a Cuban word of West African derivation that refers to an impromptu party or musical jam session. Many classic Latin songs refer to the ‘cumbanchero’, a person who knows how to party and have a good time. For those who are familiar with the word, ‘cumbancha’ implies an opportunity to get together with family and friends to dance, sing and celebrate life.