De piratas Lyrics in English Café Quijano
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song De piratas by Café Quijano from Spanish to English.
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Sé que hubieras
I know you would
Querido ser pirata
wanted to be a pirate
Para la mitad de las cosas no ver
For half the things not to see
Y aparte de la pata
And apart from the leg
El corazón de madera también
The wooden heart too
Para no sentir, para no parecer
In order not to feel, in order not to seem
Naciste como tantas
you were born like so many
Otras un día diez
Others one day ten
Un mes de abril sin lluvia
A month of April without rain
Del setenta y tres
of seventy three
Las cinco de la tarde
Five in the afternoon
Taurina hasta para nacer
Taurine until born
Muleta, espada y tiento
Crutch, Sword and Tent
Luces para triunfar
lights to succeed
Faenas con empaque
tasks with packaging
Sin poder sospechar
without being able to suspect
Que un día tu vida se torna
that one day your life becomes
De calma en cruel tempestad
Of calm in cruel storm
Galera bucanera
buccaneer galley
Que te puso a remar
What got you rowing?
Así cuentas la historia
That's how you tell the story
De tu error marital
of your marital mistake
Entre rones y banderas
Between rums and flags
Que dibujan calaveras
who draw skulls
La galera viento
the wind galley
En popa a toda vela va
Aft at full sail goes
Galera bucanera
buccaneer galley
Que te puso a remar
What got you rowing?
Así cuentas la historia
That's how you tell the story
De tu error marital
of your marital mistake
Entre rones y banderas
Between rums and flags
Que dibujan calaveras
who draw skulls
La galera viento
the wind galley
En popa a toda vela va
Aft at full sail goes
Te duermes en laureles
you rest on your laurels
En el noventa y tres
in ninety three
Altar de barrio, traje largo
Neighborhood altar, long dress
Qué bien te ves
How well you look
Con sólo veinte años
only twenty years old
Tan niña, de niña a pobre mujer
So girl, from girl to poor woman
Remaste entre tormentas
Row between storms
Te dejaste la piel
you left your skin
Te tuvo condenada
she had you doomed
A cinco años y un mes
five years and one month
Maldices sus olores a rones
You curse their smells of rums
La tierra prometida se fue
The promised land is gone
Galera bucanera
buccaneer galley
Que te puso a remar
What got you rowing?
Así cuentas la historia
That's how you tell the story
De tu error marital
of your marital mistake
Entre rones y banderas
Between rums and flags
Que dibujan calaveras
who draw skulls
La galera viento
the wind galley
En popa a toda vela va
Aft at full sail goes
Galera bucanera
buccaneer galley
Que te puso a remar
What got you rowing?
Así cuentas la historia
That's how you tell the story
De tu error marital
of your marital mistake
Entre rones y banderas
Between rums and flags
Que dibujan calaveras
who draw skulls
La galera viento
the wind galley
En popa a toda vela va
Aft at full sail goes
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