De Purísima Y Oro Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song De Purísima Y Oro by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
Academia de corte y confección
Academy of cutting and sewing
Sabañones, aceite de ricino
Chilblains, castor oil
Gasógeno, zapatos Topolino
Gasogene, Topolino shoes
El género dentro por la calor
The fabric inside because of the heat
Para primores galerías Piquer
For refinements Piquer galleries
Para la inclusa niños con anginas
For the foundling children with tonsillitis
Para la tisis caldo de gallina
For tuberculosis, chicken broth
Para las extranjeras Luis Miguel
For the foreigners, Luis Miguel
Para el socio del limpia un carajillo
For the partner of the cleaner, a small coffee
Para el estraperlista dos barreras
For the black marketeer, two barriers
Para el corpus retales amarillos
For the corpus, yellow scraps
Que aclaren el mora'o de las banderas
To clarify the purple of the flags
Tercer año triunfal, con brillantina
Third triumphant year, with glitter
Los señoritos cierran alazán
The gentlemen close the chestnut horse
Y, en un barquito, Miguel de Molina
And, on a little boat, Miguel de Molina
Se embarca, caminito de ultramar
Embarks, on the way to overseas
Habían pasado ya los nacionales
The nationalists had already passed
Habían rapado a la señá Cibeles
They had shaved Mrs. Cibeles
Cautivo y desarmado
Captive and unarmed
El vaho de los cristales
The steam from the windows
A la hora de la zambra, en los grabieles
At the time of the party, in the alleys
Por ventas madrugaba el pelotón
The squad was up early for sales
Al día siguiente hablaban los papeles
The next day the papers talked
De Celia, de Pemán y del bayón
About Celia, Pemán, and the bayonet
Enseñando las garras de astracán
Showing the astrakhan claws
Reclinaba en la barra de chicote
She reclined on the bar at Chicote
La bien pagá derrite, con su escote
The well-paid one melts, with her cleavage
La crema de la intelectualidad
The cream of the intelligentsia
Permanén, con rodete Eva Perón
Permanén, with a bun Eva Perón
Parfait amour, Rebeca azul marino
Parfait amour, navy blue Rebecca
Maestro, le presento a Lupe sino
Maestro, let me introduce you to Lupe sino
Lo dejo en buenas manos, matador
I leave him in good hands, bullfighter
Y, luego, el reservado en gitanillos
And then, the reserved area with gypsies
Y, después, la paella de riscal
And then, the Riscal paella
Y, la tarde del manso de saltillo
And the afternoon of the gentle from Saltillo
Un anillo y unas medias de cristal
A ring and some crystal stockings
Niño, sube a la suite dos anisetes
Kid, bring up two anisettes to the suite
Que, hoy, vamos a perder los alamares
Because today we're going to lose the laces
De purísima y oro, Manolete
Of pure gold and silver, Manolete
Cuadra al toro, en la plaza de linares
Direct the bull, in the Linares square
Habían pasado ya los nacionales
The nationalists had already passed
Habían rapado a la señá Cibeles
They had shaved Mrs. Cibeles
Volvían a sus cuidados
The formal people returned
Las personas formales
To their cares
A la hora de la conga, en los burdeles
At the time of the conga, in the brothels
Por San Blas descansaba el pelotón
The squad rested on San Blas
Al día siguiente hablaban los papeles
The next day the papers talked
De Gilda y del Atleti de aviación
About Gilda and the Atleti aviation
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