Romance de Curro "El Palmo" Lyrics in English Joan Manuel Serrat
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Romance de Curro "El Palmo" 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
I had merceditas
La del guardarropa
The one in the cloakroom
La del guardarropa
The one in the cloakroom
Del tablao del 'lacio'
From the 'lazio' tablao
Un gitano falso
A fake gypsy
Ex-bufón de palacio
Ex-palace jester
Alcahuete noble
Noble pimp
Que al oír los tiros
That when you hear the shots
Recogió sus capas
He picked up his capes
Y se pegó el piro
And he hit the piro
Se acabó el jaleo
No more fuss
Y el racionamiento
And rationing
Le llenó el bolsillo
It 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 awakening
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
Reveal 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
A thousand times he asks
Y mil veces que 'nones'
And a thousand times that 'nones'
De compartir sueños
To share dreams
Cama y macarrones
Bed and macaroni
Le dice burlona
It tells you mocking
'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, he didn't do the mili
Por no dar la talla
For not giving the size
Y quien calla, otorga
And whoever shuts up grants
Como dice el dicho
As the saying goes
Y curro se muere
And curro dies
Por ese mal bicho
For that bad bug
¡ay! quién fuese abrigo
Oh! who was coat
Para andar contigo
To hang out with you
Buscando el olvido
Seeking oblivion
Se dio a la bebida
It was given to the drink
Al mus, las quinielas
Al mus, the quinielas
Y en horas perdidas
And in lost hours
Se leyó enterito
It was read in a little while
A don marcial lafuente
A lafuente martial gift
Por no ir tras su paso
For not going after his time
Como un penitente
Like a penitent
Y una noche, mientras
And one night, while
Palmeaba farrucas
Palmeaba farrucas
Se escapó mercedes
Mercedes escaped
Con un 'curapupas'
With a 'priest'
De clínica propia
From your own clinic
Y rolls de contrabando
And smuggling rolls
Y entre palma y palma
And between palm and palm
Curro fue palmando
Curro was claping
Entre cantares
Between singing
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, one day
Nos tocó ir de entierro
It was our turn to go to the funeral
Pésames y flores
Condolences and flowers
Y una lagrimita
And a tearmite
Que dejó ir la patro
Who let go of the duckling
Al cerrar la cajita
When you close the box
A mano derecha
On the right
Según se va al cielo
As you go to heaven
Veréis un tablao
You'll see a tablao
Que montó frascuelo
Who rode frascuelo
En donde cada noche
Where every night
Para las buenas almas
For good souls
El currito 'el palmo'
The currito 'el palmo'
Sigue dando palmas
Keep slapping
Y canta sus males
And he sings his ills
Por 'celestiales'
By 'heavenly'
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
J.M. SERRAT
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