Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Vinagre y Rosas by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Cuando aprendí a tragar fuego
When I learned to swallow fire
El circo ya se había ido
The circus was already gone
De Albacete a Nueva York
From Albacete to New York
El elefante está ciego
the elephant is blind
El domador malherido
the wounded tamer
¿quién ha mentido, mi amor?
who lied, my love?
La canción que estoy cantando
The song that I'm singing
Empieza en otras canciones
Start on other songs
Y acaba en un hospital
and ends up in a hospital
¿Por qué me sigo jugando
why do i keep playing
La vida a pares o nones
Life even or odd
Por fulanita de tal?
For so-and-so?
Cuando el flautista de hamelin
when the pied piper
Sacó un ratón de su bombín
He pulled a mouse out of his bowler hat
Polichinela se fugó con Arlequín
Polichinela ran away with Harlequin
Hay mariposas de arrabal
There are butterflies from the suburbs
Que nunca aprenden a volar
that never learn to fly
Vinagre y rosas
vinegar and roses
A la hora de cenar
at dinner time
La trapecista polaca
the polish trapeze artist
Se encaprichó de un forzudo
She fell in love with a strongman
Caminito de Moscú
little path of moscow
Cambió mi oro por su alpaca
He exchanged my gold for his alpaca
Maldita ley del embudo
Damn law of the funnel
No valgo menos que tú
I'm not worth less than you
El lanzador de cuchillos
the knife thrower
Por llevarse algo al bolsillo
For taking something in your pocket
Trabaja de afilador
works as a sharpener
El hombre bala se enfada
The bullet man gets angry
Su pólvora está empapada
His gunpowder is soaked
De tanto decir adiós
from saying goodbye so much
Cuando el flautista de hamelin
when the pied piper
Sacó un ratón de su bombín
He pulled a mouse out of his bowler hat
Polichinela se fugó con Arlequín
Polichinela ran away with Harlequin
Hay mariposas de arrabal
There are butterflies from the suburbs
Que nunca aprenden a volar
that never learn to fly
Vinagre y rosas
vinegar and roses
A la hora de cenar
at dinner time
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