Ataque de Tos Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ataque de Tos by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
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Tendrías que haber visto el careto angelical de un servidor
You should have seen the angelic face of a server
El día de mi primera comunión
The day of my first communion
Disfrazado de contraalmirante y repeinado en pelo con fijador
Disguised as a rear admiral and combed hair with hairspray
No veas cómo era el cante que iba dando yo
Don't see what the cante that I was giving was like
Cuando el párroco se inclinó hacia mí temblé de emoción
When the priest leaned towards me I trembled with emotion
Iba a llegar a mis labios el dulce manjar
The sweet delicacy was going to reach my lips
Pero no puede recibir el sacramento
But he can't receive the sacrament
Me lo impidió un violento ataque de tos
I was prevented by a violent fit of coughing
Dieciséis veranos después me vi de pinguino ante el altar otra vez
Sixteen summers later I saw myself as a penguin at the altar again
Decidido a casarme por fin con Mari Cruz
Determined to finally marry Mari Cruz
Al sonar la marcha nupcial a mi pobre suegra le dio por llorar
When the wedding march sounded, my poor mother-in-law began to cry
Me hizo un guiño la novia bajo el velo de Tul
She winked at me the bride under the tulle veil
¿Quieres dijo Frai Bernabé por esposa a esta mujer?
Do you want, said Frai Bernabé, to wife this woman?
Raudo y feliz iba yo a responder que sí
Quick and happy I was going to answer yes
Pero no pude consumar el casamiento
But I couldn't consummate the marriage
Me lo impidió un violento ataque de tos
I was prevented by a violent fit of coughing
Cuando la parentela que nunca me tragó supo que me moría
When the relatives who never swallowed me knew that she was dying
Alrededor del lecho del dolor velaron noche y día
Around the bed of pain they watched night and day
Pero no soy tan tonto para no advertir
But I'm not that dumb not to notice
Que al calorcillo de la herencia
that to the warmth of inheritance
Se reconcilian Abel y Caín y el Tajo pasa por Valencia
Abel and Cain reconcile and the Tagus passes through Valencia
La bruja de mi nuera Papá me dijo le conviene testar
My daughter-in-law's witch Dad told me it's convenient for her to test
Póngase usted gafas, le traigo pluma y papel.
Put on your glasses, I'll bring you a pen and paper.
Pero no conseguí firmar el testamento
But I didn't get to sign the will
Porque me mató un violento ataque de tos
Because a violent coughing fit killed me
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