Afro Blue

Mongo Santamaría

Dream of a land my soul is from
I hear a hand stroke on a drum


Elegant boy
Beautiful girl
Dancing for joy
Delicate whirl
Shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as a night
Afro blue


Two young lovers dance face to face
With undulating grace
They gently sway
Then slip away
To some secluded place


Whispering trees
Echo their sighs
Passionate pleas
Tender replies
Shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as a night
Afro blue


Lovers on flight
Upward they glide
Burst at the height
Slowly subside


And my slumbering fantasy assumes reality
Until it seems it's not a dream
The two are you and me
Shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as the night
Afro blue


Oh shades of delight
Cocoa hue
Rich as the night
Afro blue

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