Maybe the song does not mean anything, but let us say it is from old Cuban lore, only that there is no Cuban lore of Chan Chan and Juanica that I know, but there is Cuban lore (Abakua secret society and religion foundational myth, it has much influence on Cuban music) of Eribangando and Sikan. All were looking for the Voice everywhere but it could not be found. Sikan, the princess, and Efi prince were lovers. She went to get water and found the Tanze fish, the Voice, incarnation of the high god Abasi. Ceiba (jiba, sieve in the song) is a tree, another incarnation of the high god. She made wrong and told her lover. She was sacrificed, the lover become sad. Eribangando cleared the path to the sacred tree Ukano Bekonsi. It is not clear if Eribangando was the lover, but he saved Sikan from a snake, had great love for her. This is a rather similar story, else what means clear the path and go to sit on the tree trunk?
Maybe the song does not mean anything, but let us say it is from old Cuban lore, only that there is no Cuban lore of Chan Chan and Juanica that I know, but there is Cuban lore (Abakua secret society and religion foundational myth, it has much influence on Cuban music) of Eribangando and Sikan. All were looking for the Voice everywhere but it could not be found. Sikan, the princess, and Efi prince were lovers. She went to get water and found the Tanze fish, the Voice, incarnation of the high god Abasi. Ceiba (jiba, sieve in the song) is a tree, another incarnation of the high god. She made wrong and told her lover. She was sacrificed, the lover become sad. Eribangando cleared the path to the sacred tree Ukano Bekonsi. It is not clear if Eribangando was the lover, but he saved Sikan from a snake, had great love for her. This is a rather similar story, else what means clear the path and go to sit on the tree trunk?