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Thread #174655   Message #4235392
Posted By: Joe Offer
04-Feb-26 - 07:31 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Viva Panama
Subject: ADD Version: Panama
I haven't found a Spanish version of the song that talks about the big and Christmas and digging the Isthmus, but I did find this.

PANAMA
(from a recording by Los Alegres Colombinos)

Panamá, tierra querida, yo te canto con amor
Porque tú eres tierra mía, reina de mi corazón
Panamá, tierra querida, yo te canto con amor
Porque tú eres tierra mía, reina de mi corazón

Ay, que viva, viva Panamá
Y ahora, viva Panamá
Ay, que viva, viva, viva, viva Panamá
Y ahora, viva Panamá

Mi marido se murió y el diablo se lo llevó
Y allá me estará pagando las palizas que me dio
Mi marido se murió y el diablo se lo llevó
Y allá me estará pagando las palizas que me dio

Ay, que viva, viva Panamá
Y ahora, viva Panamá
Ay, que viva, viva, viva, viva Panamá
Y ahora, viva Panamá

Cuando me fui de mi tierra, yo siempre te recordaba
Y en mi corazón te llevo, Panamá, tierra adorada
Cuando me fui de mi tierra, yo siempre te recordaba
Y en mi corazón te llevo, Panamá, tierra adorada

Ay, que viva, viva Panamá
Y ahora, viva Panamá
Ay, que viva, viva, viva, viva Panamá
Y ahora, viva Panamá

Me voy a vestir de luto con mi bata colorada
Porque se ha muerto mi suegra, esa vieja condenada
Me voy a vestir de luto con mi bata colorada
Porque se ha muerto mi suegra, esa vieja condenada

Ay, que viva, viva Panamá
Y ahora, viva Panamá
Ay, que viva, viva, viva, viva Panamá
Y ahora, viva Panamá
Ay, que viva, viva, viva, viva Panamá
Y ahora, viva Panamá
Ay, que viva, viva, viva, viva Panamá
Y ahora, viva Panamá
Ay, que viva, viva, viva, viva Panamá
Y ahora, viva Panamá


Written by: D.A.R.

Google translation:

Panama, beloved land, I sing to you with love
Because you are my land, queen of my heart
Panama, beloved land, I sing to you with love
Because you are my land, queen of my heart

Oh, long live, long live Panama
And now, long live Panama
Oh, long live, long live, long live, long live Panama
And now, long live Panama

My husband died and the devil took him
And there he'll be paying me for the beatings he gave me
My husband died and the devil took him
And there he'll be paying me for the beatings he gave me
(CHORUS)

When I left my homeland, I always remembered you,
and I carry you in my heart, Panama, beloved land.
When I left my homeland, I always remembered you,
And I carry you in my heart, Panama, beloved land.
(CHORUS)

I'm going to dress in mourning, in my red gown,
Because my mother-in-law has died, that damned old woman.
I'm going to dress in mourning, in my red gown,
Because my mother-in-law has died, that damned old woman.
(CHORUS)

Source: https://www.shazam.com/song/1425097423/panamc3a1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6_70RVtuMU