THE 11 MOST POPULAR HONDURAN SHORT PUMPS - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025

The Honduran short pumps are a type of speech or reciting verse Hondurans during the celebrations, whether cultural or recreational. They are usually recited between two people.

These are commonly recited by a man and a woman in front of the audience, although it may vary depending on the original script and the characters.

These pumps are usually folk verses already practiced. However, in some cases they are the product of improvisation.

These couplets include humor, flirtation and romance. The bombs are usually started by men, who throw a verse to their partner and she should answer better so as not to be embarrassed.

The 10 most representative Honduran short pumps

Pump N ° 1

- Him: from afar I have been

rolling like a tambourine

just to tell you in

bold how much I love you.

- Her: on that trip you did,

I think you got malnourished

because you have sunken eyes

and a sad look.

Pump N ° 2

- Him: a rose was born from a trunk

and from the water a snail

from the eyes of this young woman

the rays of the sun are born.

- Her: a rose fell from the sky

and from the town a wall

that would be said to be mine

if I fell into her net.

Pump N ° 3

- Him: you are a carnation, you are a rose,

you are a nail to eat;

you are a beautiful lily

cut at dawn

- Her: I am not a carnation nor am I a rose,

I am not a nail,

I am

not a beautiful lily, but an unhappy woman.

Pump N ° 4

- Him: yesterday you told me that today,

today you tell me that tomorrow,

when you say yes , I won't feel like it anymore

- Her: I didn't say yes,

weathered and filthy Indian;

As you see it well,

I do not love you for lousy.

Pump N ° 5

- Him: the woman who loves two men

is not stupid but understood

if one candle goes out

the other is already lit.

- Her: a man with two

papo wives sometimes

does not fulfill his duties

and in the end pays more than enough.

Pump N ° 6

- Him: a ripe pitaya

is your juicy mouth,

listen to cute creature,

I'm looking for you for a wife.

- Her: a rotten güero egg

is your stinky trumpet,

listen to me, fucking Indian,

I don't love you at all.

Pump No. 8

- Him: the beautiful moon comes

with its star in the field,

how sad a man looks

when his wife cheats on him.

- Her: I am going to send the angels in heaven

to ask for

a feather from their wings

so that I can write to you.

Pump N ° 9

- Him: the woman with whom I marry

will fulfill this condition

will be the flower that melts

perfuming the heart.

- Her: the man who imprisons me

will fill this condition and

allow me to be drowned by

the flow of my passion.

Pump N ° 10

- Him: I have been dreaming for days

that your mouth will be mine,

Filomena, now is when

my prophecy is fulfilled.

- Her: don't even dream about it, Don Prudencio,

this mouth will be hers,

because I reserve it in silence

for someone who makes a noise.

Pump N ° 11

- Him: here I bring you little girl

a sprig of basil, I

didn't bring you a bigger one

because the cow ate it.

- Her: this sprig of basil

that you bring me, handsome man;

the cow did not eat it, it

was this donkey and 'Sinforoso.

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