Trenzando - Anaís Azul (Tiny Desk Contest Entry 2025)

A trilingual song about re-connecting with my Indigenous ancestry that has been erased through generations of whitewashing and queer erasure.
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Lyrics (scroll down for translation)
Trenzando conocimientos de mis ancestres
Trenzando mis viajes lejos aquí y ahora
Trenzando por mis trancestras que no pudieron
Crecer su cabello largo por discriminación
Trenzando por mis abuelas que no tenían
El tiempo para trenzar por estar cuidando
No voy a volver
A cortar las memorias de mis viejes
No voy a volver
A blanquear las historias de mi abuelo
No voy a volver
A mirarme al espejo y negar mi identidad
Uku pachata hanan pachata kay pachata simp’ashani
Braiding three language to tell you my story
Trenzando a mis cabellos rubios y cafés
Viendo como he despintado a mi herencia
Trenzando mi lucha interna con la de mi patria
También con el sufrimiento del mundo entero
No voy a volver
A cortar las memorias de mis viejes
No voy a volver
A blanquear las historias de mi abuelo
No voy a volver
A mirarme al espejo y negar mi identidad
Porque olvidar
Porque olvidar
Es dejar de honrar
Es dejar de honrar
Porque olvidar
Porque olvidar
Es dejar de aprender
No voy a volver
A cortar las memorias de mis viejes
No voy a volver
A blanquear las historias de mi abuelo
No voy a volver
A mirarme al espejo y negar mi identidad
i will remember
i will cherish
i will see myself
Qariwarmi kachkaniraqmi
English [translation]
Braiding knowledge from my ancestors
Braiding my journeys away here and now
Braiding for my transcestors that could not
Grow their hair long due to discrimination
Braiding for my grandmothers who didn't have
The time to braid because they were caretaking
I'm not going to
cut the memories of my parents again
I'm not going to
whitewash my grandfather's stories again
I'm not going to
look in the mirror and deny my identity again
Braiding the underworld, the heavens, and the now
Braiding three languages ​​to tell you my story
Braiding my blonde and brown hairs
Seeing how I have bleached my heritage
Braiding my internal struggle with that of my country
Also with the suffering of the whole world
I'm not going to
cut the memories of my parents again
I'm not going to
whitewash my grandfather's stories again
I'm not going to
look in the mirror and deny my identity again
Because forgetting
Because forgetting
It is to stop honoring
It is to stop honoring
Because forgetting
Because forgetting
It's stopping learning
I'm not going to
cut the memories of my parents again
I'm not going to
whitewash my grandfather's stories again
I'm not going to
look in the mirror and deny my identity again
i will remember
i will cherish
i will see myself
I am still non-binary

[@pointy-yeti]

Transcendencia!!!

[@this-is-jay]

I love the heartfelt energy you perform with every time! Wishing you all the best from the other side of the ocean 💜

Thank you so much for always watching all the videos I share, it means so much to me, especially that you feel the heart I put into it

[@EmilyandtheG]

Y’all honestly deserve to have as much recognition as possible.

Thank you so much, may it come in due time 🙏✨💙

[@JuneYoungblood]

So good!!! Love u bro!!

Thanks for playing my music :')