Pajaros de Portugal Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Pajaros de Portugal by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
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No conocían el mar
They did not know the sea
Y se les antojó más triste
And they seemed sadder
Que en la tele, pájaros de Portugal
That on TV, birds of Portugal
Sin dirección ni alpiste
Without direction or birdseed
Ni papeles
no papers
Él le dijo vámonos
He told her let's go
Dónde le respondió
where he answered
Llorando ella
crying her
Lejos del altar mayor
Far from the high altar
En el velero pobretón
In the poor sailor
De una botella
from a bottle
Despójate del añil
Get rid of the indigo
Redil del alma de nardo
Fold of the tuberose soul
Con camisa
With shirt
Devuélveme el mes de abril
give me back the month of april
Se llamaban Abelardo y Eloisa
Their names were Abelardo and Eloisa
Arcángeles bastardos de la prisa
bastard archangels of haste
Alumbraron el amanecer muertos de frío
They illuminated the dawn dead of cold
Se arroparon con la sensatez del desvarío
They tucked themselves in with the wisdom of delirium
Tuyo y mío de vuelta al hogar
Yours and mine back home
Qué vacío deja la ansiedad
What emptiness anxiety leaves
Qué vergüenza tendrán sus papás
How embarrassing will their parents be?
Sin alas para volar
no wings to fly
Prófugos del instituto
high school runaways
Y de la cama, pájaros de Portugal
And from the bed, birds of Portugal
Apenas dos minutos
barely two minutes
Mala fama
Notoriety
Luego la guardia civil
Then the civil guard
Les decomisó el sudor
He confiscated their sweat
Y la sonrisa, las postales de Estoril
And the smile, the postcards of Estoril
Sin posada, sin escudos
No inn, no shields
Y sin visa
and without a visa
Se llamaban Abelardo y Eloisa
Their names were Abelardo and Eloisa
Bucearon contra el Everest
They dived against Everest
Y se ahogaron
and they drowned
Nadie les enseño a merecer
Nobody taught them to deserve
El amparo de la virgen de la soledad
The protection of the virgin of loneliness
Qué pequeña es la luz de los faros
How small is the light of the headlights
Bucearon contra el Everest
They dived against Everest
Y se ahogaron
and they drowned
Nadie les enseño a merecer
Nobody taught them to deserve
El amparo de la virgen de la soledad
The protection of the virgin of loneliness
Qué pequeña es la luz de los faros
How small is the light of the headlights
De quien sueña con la libertad
Who dreams of freedom
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