Mediterraneo Lyrics in English Joan Manuel Serrat
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mediterraneo by Joan Manuel Serrat from Spanish to English.
Quizás porque mi niñez
Perhaps because my childhood
Sigue jugando en tu playa
Still plays on your shore
Y escondido tras las cañas
And hidden behind the reeds
Duerme mi primer amor
My first love sleeps
Llevo tu luz y tu olor
I carry your light and your scent
Por dondequiera que vaya
Wherever I go
Y amontonado en tu arena
And piled up in your sand
Guardo amor, juegos y penas
I keep love, games, and sorrows
Yo, que en la piel tengo el sabor
I, who on my skin have the taste
Amargo del llanto eterno
Bitter from the eternal tears
Que han vertido en ti cien pueblos
That a hundred peoples have shed on you
De Algeciras a Estambul
From Algeciras to Istanbul
Para que pintes de azul
So you paint blue
Sus largas noches de invierno
Their long winter nights
A fuerza de desventuras
From so much misfortune
Tu alma es profunda y oscura
Your soul is deep and dark
A tus atardeceres rojos
To your red sunsets
Se acostumbraron mis ojos
My eyes grew accustomed
Como el recodo al camino
Like the bend to the path
Soy cantor, soy embustero
I'm a singer, I'm a liar
Me gusta el juego y el vino
I like gambling and wine
Tengo alma de marinero
I have a sailor's soul
Qué le voy a hacer, si yo
What can I do, if I
Nací en el Mediterráneo
Was born in the Mediterranean
Nací en el Mediterráneo
Was born in the Mediterranean
Y te acercas, y te vas
And you come near, and you go
Después de besar mi aldea
After kissing my village
Jugando con la marea
Playing with the tide
Te vas, pensando en volver
You leave, thinking of returning
Eres como una mujer
You're like a woman
Perfumadita de brea
Lightly scented with tar
Que se añora y que se quiere
Who is yearned for and is loved
Que se conoce y se teme
Who is known and is feared
Ay, si un día para mi mal
Oh, if one day for my doom
Viene a buscarme la parca
The grim reaper comes for me
Empujad al mar mi barca
Push my boat out to sea
Con un levante otoñal
With an autumnal east wind
Y dejad que el temporal
And let the storm
Desguace sus alas blancas
Tear its white wings apart
Y a mí enterradme sin duelo
And bury me without mourning
Entre la playa y el cielo
Between the beach and the sky
En la ladera de un monte
On the slope of a mountain
Más alto que el horizonte
Higher than the horizon
Quiero tener buena vista
I want to have a good view
Mi cuerpo será camino
My body will be a path
Le daré verde a los pinos
I'll give green to the pine trees
Y amarillo a la genista
And yellow to the broom
Cerca del mar, porque yo
Near the sea, because I
Nací en el Mediterráneo
Was born in the Mediterranean
Nací en el Mediterráneo
Was born in the Mediterranean
Nací en el Mediterráneo
Was born in the Mediterranean
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