Pena Mora Lyrics in English Joan Manuel Serrat , Juanito Valderrama
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Pena Mora by Joan Manuel Serrat from Spanish to English.
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La vida y la muerte
Life and death
Bordada en la boca
embroidered in the mouth
Tenía merceditas
She had Mary Janes
La del guardarropa
the one with the wardrobe
La del guardarropa
the one with the wardrobe
Del tablao del 'lacio'
From the 'lacio' tablao
Un gitano falso
a fake gypsy
Ex-bufón de palacio
ex-palace jester
Alcahuete noble
noble pimp
Que al oír los tiros
that upon hearing the shots
Recogió sus capas
she picked up her cloaks
Y se pegó el piro
And the pyro stuck
Se acabó el jaleo
the ruckus is over
Y el racionamiento
and rationing
Le llenó el bolsillo
She filled his pocket
Y montó este invento
And he rode this invention
En donde 'el palmo'
Where 'the span'
Lloró cantando
she cried singing
Ay, mi amor
Oh my love
Sin ti no entiendo el despertar
Without you I don't understand waking up
Ay, mi amor
Oh my love
Sin ti mi cama es ancha
without you my bed is wide
Ay, mi amor
Oh my love
Que me desvela la verdad
that reveals the truth to me
Entre tú y yo, la soledad
between you and me, loneliness
Y un manojillo de escarcha
And a bunch of frost
Mil veces le pide
He asks a thousand times
Y mil veces que 'nones'
And a thousand times that 'nones'
De compartir sueños
of sharing dreams
Cama y macarrones
bed and macaroons
Le dice burlona
she says mockingly
'carita gitana
'gypsy face
Cómo hacer buen vino
how to make good wine
De una cepa enana'
From a dwarf strain
Y curro se muerde
and curro bites
Los labios y calla
lips and shut up
Pues no hizo la mili
Well, she didn't do the military
Por no dar la talla
For not giving the size
Y quien calla, otorga
And who is silent, grants
Como dice el dicho
as the saying goes
Y curro se muere
and work dies
Por ese mal bicho
for that bad bug
¡ay! quién fuese abrigo
Oh! who was coat
Pa' andar contigo
to walk with you
Buscando el olvido
looking for oblivion
Se dio a la bebida
she took to drink
Al mus, las quinielas
To the mus, the pools
Y en horas perdidas
and in wasted hours
Se leyó enterito
He read himself
A don marcial la fuente
to don martial the source
Por no ir tras su paso
For not going after his step
Como un penitente
like a penitent
Y una noche, mientras
And one night, while
Palmeaba farrucas
He clapped farrucas
Se escapó mercedes
he ran away mercedes
Con un 'curapupas'
With a 'curapupas'
De clínica propia
From own clinic
Y rolls de contrabando
And bootleg rolls
Y entre palma y palma
And between palm and palm
Curro fue palmando
Curro was patting
Entre cantares
between songs
Por soleares
by soleares
Quizá fue la pena
maybe it was worth it
O falta de hierro
Or lack of iron
El caso es que un día
The thing is that one day
Nos tocó ir de entierro
She had to go to the funeral
Pésames y flores
condolences and flowers
Y una lagrimita
and a tear
Que dejó ir la patro
that the father let go
Al cerrar la cajita
when closing the box
A mano derecha
on the right hand
Según se va al cielo
As she goes to heaven
Veréis un tablao
You will see a tablao
Que montó frascuelo
that he rode frascuelo
En donde cada noche
where every night
Pa' las buenas almas
For the good souls
El currito 'el palmo'
The currito 'el palmo'
Sigue dando palmas
keep clapping
Y canta sus males
And sing your evils
Por 'celestiales'
By 'celestials'
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