Calavera

Calaveras (Skulls) are poems that are written for The Day of the Dead holiday. This one is well-known...

Calavera

Poema del Día de los Muertos

(Spanish)

Ahí viene el agua
Por la ladera,
Y se me moja
Mi calavera.
La muerte calaca,
Ni gorda, ni flaca.
La muerte casera,
Pegada con cera.

Skull

Day of the Dead Poem

(English)

Here comes the water
Down the slope
And my skull
Is getting wet.
Death, a skeleton,
Neither fat, nor skinny.
A homemade skeleton,
Stuck together with wax.*

Calavera

Skull

Poema del Día de los Muertos

Day of the Dead Poem

(Spanish)

(English)

Ahí viene el agua
Por la ladera,
Y se me moja
Mi calavera.
La muerte calaca,
Ni gorda, ni flaca.
La muerte casera,
Pegada con cera.

Here comes the water
Down the slope
And my skull
Is getting wet.
Death, a skeleton,
Neither fat, nor skinny.
A homemade skeleton,
Stuck together with wax.*

Notes

*This refers to the skulls and skeletons that are made to decorate the altars for the dead.

This guy in the video below raps this Calavera with a dance...

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Image: José Guadalupe Posada (edited by Mama Lisa)

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