Nanas De La Cebolla Lyrics in English Joan Manuel Serrat
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Nanas De La Cebolla by Joan Manuel Serrat from Spanish to English.
La cebolla es escarcha
The onion is frost
Cerrada y pobre
closed and poor
Escarcha de tus días
frost of your days
Y de mis noches
and of my nights
Hambre y cebolla
Hunger and onion
Hielo negro y escarcha
black ice and frost
Grande y redonda
big and round
En la cuna del hambre
In the cradle of hunger
Mi niño estaba
my baby was
Con sangre de cebolla
With onion blood
Se amamantaba
he was suckling
Pero tu sangre
But your blood
Escarchada de azúcar
frosted with sugar
Cebolla y hambre
onion and hunger
Una mujer morena
A dark woman
Resuelta en luna
turned to moon
Se derrama hilo a hilo
drips thread by thread
Sobre la cuna
over the cradle
Ríete, niño
Laugh, child
Que te traigo la luna
that I bring you the moon
Cuando es preciso
when it's needed
Tu risa me hace libre
Your laughter makes me free
Me pone alas
gives me wings
Soledades me quita
Loneliness it takes from me
Cárcel me arranca
prison it tears away
Boca que vuela
Mouth that flies
Corazón que en tus labios
heart that on your lips
Relampaguea
flashes
Es tu risa la espada
Your laughter is the sword
Más victoriosa
most victorious
Vencedor de las flores
Conqueror of the flowers
Y las alondras
and the larks
Rival del Sol
Rival of the Sun
Porvenir de mis huesos
Future of my bones
Y de mi amor
and of my love
Desperté de ser niño
I woke from being a child
Nunca despiertes
Never wake
Triste llevo la boca
I carry my mouth sad
Ríete siempre
Laugh always
Siempre en la cuna
Always in the cradle
Defendiendo la risa
defending laughter
Pluma por pluma
feather by feather
Al octavo mes ríes
At the eighth month you laugh
Con cinco azahares
with five orange blossoms
Con cinco diminutas
With five tiny
Ferocidades
ferocities
Con cinco dientes
With five teeth
Como cinco jazmines
like five jasmines
Adolescentes
adolescent
Frontera de los besos
Border of the kisses
Serán mañana
they will be tomorrow
Cuando en la dentadura
when in your teeth
Sientas un arma
you feel a weapon
Sientas un fuego
You feel a fire
Correr dientes abajo
running down teeth
Buscando el centro
seeking the center
Vuela niño en la doble
Fly child in the double
Luna del pecho
moon of the breast
Él, triste de cebolla
He, sad with onion
Tú, satisfecho
You, satisfied
No te derrumbes
Don't collapse
No sepas lo que pasa
Don't know what happens
Ni lo que ocurre
nor what occurs
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