I visited the little town of Anapoima in Colombia a few years ago, and there was a severe drought. Martin said we should sing for the rain to come down on us, and after doing that for a while, we felt some raindrops falling on our hats! My friend and Mexican rapper, Audry Funk, wrote beautiful words asking for Pachamama, mother earth, to send some rain our way.
lyrics:
Lluvia, lluvia
ven
lluvia, lluvia
Gotitas de lluvia al amanecer
Para que las flores tengan agua que beber
Gotitas de lluvia al atardecer
Para que la tierra pueda renacer
Lluvia...
Gotitas de lluvia en un chaparrón
Caen pequeñitas bailan un danzón
Gotitas de lluvia en el canalón
Llegan hasta el río, cumplen su misión
Lluvia...
La tierra está seca, queremos ver llover
Todas las montañas van a florecer
Desde el cielo caen bendiciones en formas de amor
Que nos da la vida, regula frío y calor
Es remanso de paz en medio del desierto
Pachamama la manda, la tierra va floreciendo
Y así sube otra vez, para cerrar el ciclo
Y volver a caer sobre todos sus hijos
Por eso te invocamos para que vuelvas lluvia
Lluvia...
La tierra está seca, queremos ver llover
Todas las montañas van a florecer
Lluvia...
Gotitas de lluvia
Gotitas de amor
Y todo florece a mi alrededor
Te invocamos lluvia, te invocamos ven
Llena valles y montañas
Pachamama es el sol
Vuelve lluvia con amor
English rough translation:
Rain, rain
Come
Rain, Rain
Little raindrops in the morning
So that the flowers have water to drink
Little raindrops in the evening
So that the earth can revive
Rain...
Little raindrops in a rainstorm
They fall so small dancing a danzon
Little raindrops in the gutter
They go down to the river, they complete their mission
Rain...
The land is dry, we want to see it rain
All the mountains are going to bloom
Blessings fall from the sky in the shape of love
That life gives us, balance the warmth and cold
It is a refuge of peace in the middle of the desert
Pachamama asks of it, the earth is blooming
And that’s how it rises again, to close the cycle
To fall again all over her children
That’s why we call on you so you can rain down again
Rain...
The land is dry, we want to see it rain
All the mountains are going to bloom
Rain...
Little raindrops
Little drops of love
Little drops of love
We call on you rain, we’re calling on you come
Fill the valleys and mountains
Pachamama is the sun
Rain come back with love
Sebastián Cruz - electric guitar
Josh Deutsch - trumpet
Audry Funk - rap
Renee Goust, Alea Jiménez, Elena Moon Park - vocals
Paul Rodríguez - bass
Martín Vejarano - drums, tambourine
Sonia De Los Santos - lead vocals
By Sonia De Los Santos; De Los Santos Music ASCAP and Martín Vejarano; Gaitero Music ASCAP
Rap by Audry Bustos Diaz; Morphe International Music BMI