Tio Alberto Lyrics in English Joan Manuel Serrat
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Tio Alberto by Joan Manuel Serrat from Spanish to English.
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Gitano o payo pudo ser
Gypsy or payo could be
O un aristócrata que ayer
Or an aristocrat who yesterday
Perdió su cetro de oro y su corona
He lost his golden scepter and his crown
Camina sobre el bien y el mal
He walks on good and evil
Con la cadencia de su vals
With the cadence of his waltz
Mitad juicio y mitad mueca burlona
Half judgment and half sneer
Tío Alberto
Uncle Albert
Cató de todos los vinos
Tasting of all the wines
Anduvo por mil caminos
He walked a thousand roads
Y atracó de puerto en puerto
And he docked from port to port
Entre la ruina y la riqueza
Between ruin and riches
Entre mentiras y promesas
between lies and promises
Aún sabe sonreír
He still knows how to smile
Tío Alberto
Uncle Albert
Da todo lo que puede dar
He gives all he can give
Su casa está de par en par
His house is wide open
Quien quiere entrar, tiene un plato en la mesa
Who wants to enter, has a plate on the table
Pero no os cambia el cielo por
But the sky does not change you for
La orden de la legión de honor
The Order of the Legion of Honor
Que le dio la república francesa
What did the French Republic give him?
Tío Alberto
Uncle Albert
Aún tiembla con los motores
Still shakes with the motors
Las muchachas y las flores
girls and flowers
Con Vivaldi y el flamenco
With Vivaldi and flamenco
Tiene de un niño la ternura
He has the tenderness of a child
Y de un poeta la locura
And of a poet the madness
Y aún cree en el amor
And he still believes in love
Tío Alberto
Uncle Albert
Por ti balsea en re bemol
For you ferry in D flat
Agradecido el tibio sol
Grateful for the warm sun
De este otoño que hiciste primavera
Of this autumn that you made spring
El vaso de mi juventud
The glass of my youth
Yo lo levanto a tu salud
I raise it to your health
Rey del país del sueño y la quimera
King of the land of dreams and the chimera
Tío Alberto
Uncle Albert
Qué suerte tienes cochino
How lucky you pig
En el final del camino
at the end of the road
Te esperó la sombra fresca
The cool shadow waited for you
De una piel dulce de veinte años
Of a sweet twenty-year-old skin
Donde olvidar los desengaños
Where to forget the disappointments
De diez lustros de amor, Tío Alberto
Of ten lustrums of love, Uncle Alberto
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