Mater España Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mater España by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
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Máter España
Mater Spain
De barba peregrina
pilgrim beard
Que falta a misa de doce
What is missing at twelve o'clock mass
Que no conoce rutina
that knows no routine
Masona, judía, cristiana
Freemason, Jewish, Christian
Pagana y moruna
pagan and Moorish
Máter España
Mater Spain
Más guapa que ninguna
prettier than any
Madrastra España
Stepmother Spain
A la hora de la siesta
at nap time
La puta que se enamora
The whore who falls in love
La fruta que se indigesta
The fruit that is indigestible
Que al filo de la cucaña
that at the edge of the cucaña
Mira pa otro lado
look the other way
Bendita España
blessed spain
De Azañas y Machados
From Azañas and Machados
Cómplice España
accomplice Spain
Tormento redentor
redeeming torment
Perejil, Ceuta y Melilla
Parsley, Ceuta and Melilla
Cotos de caza menor
Small game reserves
Catalán, galego, euskera
Catalan, Galician, Basque
Lacandón, Castilla
Lacandon, Castile
Tópica España
Topical Spain
Fibra óptica y ladillas
Fiber optics and crabs
Huérfana España
orphan Spain
Raíces y cimientos
roots and foundations
Epidemias, cicatrices
epidemics, scars
Blasfemias y sacramentos
profanity and sacraments
¿por quién doblan las campanas?
For whom the Bell Tolls?
San Fermín en vena
San Fermin in vein
La de Triana
Triana's
Contra la Macarena
Against the Macarena
Judas España
Judas Spain
Del mus y del café
Of the mus and the coffee
Al Andalus, Malasaña
Al Andalus, Malasaña
Gitanito aserejé
asereje gypsy
La del mono azul cobalto
The One with the Cobalt Blue Monkey
Y el caballo verde
and the green horse
Guardia de asalto
storm guard
Que ladra pero muerde
that barks but bites
Chusco y legaá
chusco and lega
De todas o ninguno
of all or none
Tricolor bandera blanca
tricolor white flag
Millán Astray, Unamuno
Millan Astray, Unamuno
Cervantina cojitranca
lame cervantina
De áspero pasado
of rough past
¿Quién me ha robado
who has robbed me
El siglo veintiuno?
The twenty-first century?
Máter España
Mater Spain
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