Paisanaje Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Paisanaje by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
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Volaban los camarones por bulerías
The shrimp were flying through bulerías
Antes de que tus canciones fueran tan mías'
Before your songs were so mine'
Volaban los camarones por bulerías
The shrimp were flying through bulerías
Antes de que tus canciones fueran tan mías
Before your songs were so mine
Usted perdone, tan tuyas, tan de fulano
You forgive me, so yours, so so-and-so
Fatiguitas y casullas, viva mi hermano
Fatigitas and chasubles, long live my brother
Viva tu hermana la rubia, musa alfarera
Long live your blonde sister, pottery muse
Que canta bajo la lluvia su petenera
That she sings in the rain her petenera
Que canta bajo la lluvia su petenera
That she sings in the rain her petenera
Su saeta deslenguada, su grito en celo
The foul-mouthed arrow of her, the cry of her in heat
Que aroma la madrugada con su pomelo
that she scented the dawn with her grapefruit
Que aroma la madrugada con su pomelo
that she scented the dawn with her grapefruit
Porque primus interpares era tu brinco
Because primus interpares was your jump
No hagas ripios malabares que te la jinco
Don't juggle rubble, I'll play it for you
Tan albano kosovar, tan Lydia Lozano
So Kosovar Albanian, so Lydia Lozano
Tan cristiano, tan vulgar, tan chic, tan afgano
So Christian, so vulgar, so chic, so Afghan
Tan vecinos y tan lejos, verte y no verte
So close and so far, see you and not see you
Tan jóvenes y tan viejos, muera la muerte
So young and so old, die to death
Tan jóvenes y tan viejos, muera la muerte
So young and so old, die to death
Tu colección de ciudades otros la cobran
Your collection of cities others charge it
Yo canto mis soledades porque me sobra
I sing my solitudes because I have plenty
Yo canto mis soledades porque me sobran
I sing my solitudes because I have too many
Inspiración y mujeres, rubia morena
Inspiration and women, blonde brunette
Me clavan los alfileres, en la verbena
They stick the pins in me, in the vervain
Me clavan los alfileres
they stick the pins in me
Mi sobrina nietecita se llama Luna
My great-niece is called Luna
Se corten una miajita los de la tuna
Those of the tuna cut a miajita
Le dijo la Lola al facha de don cupido
Lola told the face of Don Cupid
Consintiendo lo que tacha, su consentido
consenting to what he crosses out, his consent
Viajes en vuelo charter, sin despedida
Charter flight trips, without farewell
Mis paisanos cortan trajes a mi medida
My countrymen cut suits to my measure
Mis paisanos cortan trajes a mi medida
My countrymen cut suits to my measure
Vacilón que se propasa pero no llega
Vacilón that goes too far but does not arrive
Mi corazón es la casa de los Ortega
My heart is the Ortega house
Mi corazón es la casa de los Ortega
My heart is the Ortega house
Por no hablar de sentimientos, tiempo y compás
Not to mention feelings, time and compass
El feeling es un lamento, de Barrabás
The feeling is a lament, by Barabbas
El feeling es un lamento
The feeling is a lament
Almohada enamorada, del desalmado
Pillow in love, of the soulless
Casi todo es casi nada, casi pecado
Almost everything is almost nothing, almost sin
Casi todo es casi nada
almost everything is almost nothing
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