Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Lucía la corista by Café Quijano from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Su padre es vago
his father is lazy
Su madre es santa
His mother is holy
Y ella la que canta
And she the one who sings
En la familia
In the family
El único listo
the only one ready
Su hermano francisco
His brother Francis
Becado en Holanda
Scholarship in Holland
Y allí vive con
And there she lives with
De padre belga
Belgian father
Y madre danesa
and danish mother
Lucía es la corista
Lucía is the showgirl
De una orquesta de poca monta
From a small-time orchestra
Aunque ni canta ni es artista
Although she neither sings nor is she an artist
Pero nadie se lo nota
But no one notices
Y que carisma tiene lucía
And what charisma does Lucía have?
Si nunca tuvo ni un buen desnudo
If he never had a good nude
¡Quién lo diría!
Who'd say!
Y toca el límite de lo decente
And he touches the limit of what is decent
Se peina y siente como
He combs his hair and feels like
Una diva en los años veinte
A diva in the twenties
A ella, que no lo niega
To her, who does not deny it
Le pone de buen humor el ron
She puts the rum in a good mood
De ahí, que alguna vez
Hence, she ever
Sin razón aparente
for no apparent reason
Se caiga de repente
He suddenly falls
Y es que su padre
And it is that his father
Aparte de vago pasó las tardes
Apart from lazy he spent the afternoons
De trago en trago
From drink to drink
Hay días que no va por casa
There are days that she does not go home
Pudiera ser que tuviera una gala
It could be that I had a gala
Su madre calla, su padre no habla
His mother is silent, his father does not speak
Porque la niña es la que canta
Because the girl is the one who sings
Y que carisma tiene lucía
And what charisma does Lucía have?
Si nunca tuvo ni un buen desnudo
If he never had a good nude
¡Quién lo diría!
Who'd say!
Y toca el límite
And she touches the limit
De lo decente, se peina y siente
Of the decent, she combs her hair and feels
Como una diva en los años veinte
Like a diva in the twenties
Y qué carisma tiene
And what charisma she has
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