Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Decir Amigo by Joan Manuel Serrat from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Es decir juegos
That is to say games
Escuela, calle y niñez
School, street and childhood
Gorriones presos
Sparrows imprisoned
De un mismo viento
From the same wind
Tras un olor de mujer
After a woman's smell
Guitarra, trago y canción
Guitar, drink and song
Furcias y broncas
Furcias and broncas
Y en los tres pinos
And in the three pines
Una novia para los dos
A bride for both of us
Me trae del barrio
It brings me from the neighborhood
Luz de domingo
Sunday light
Y deja en los labios
And leave it on the lips
Gusto a mistela
Taste to mistela
Y a natillas con canela
And custard with cinnamon
Es decir aula
That is, classroom
Laboratorio y bedel
Laboratory and bedel
Billar y cine
Billiards and cinema
Siesta en las ramblas
Nap on the ramblas
Y alemanas al clavel
And Germans to the key
Es decir tienda
That is, shop
Botas, charnaque y fusil
Boots, charnaque and rifle
Y los domingos
And on Sundays
A pelear hembras
To fight females
Entre salou y cambrils
Between salou and cambrils
No se hace extraño
It doesn't get weird
Cuando se tiene
When you have
Sed de veinte años
Twenty-year-old thirst
Y pocas 'pelas'
And few 'pelas'
Y el alma sin mediasuelas
And the soul without stockings
Y antes fue decir adiós
And before that was saying goodbye
Y ayer y siempre
And yesterday and always
Y lo mío de los dos
And my thing about both of us
Se me figura que
I'm told that
Es decir ternura
That is, tenderness
Dios y mi canto
God and my singing
Saben a quien nombro tanto
You know who I name so much
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