Mediterráneo Lyrics in English Jorge Drexler
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mediterráneo by Jorge Drexler from Spanish to English.
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Quizás porque mi niñez sigue jugando en tu playa
Maybe because my childhood keeps playing on your beach
Y escondido tras las cañas duerme mi primer amor
And hidden behind the reeds my first love sleeps
Llevo tu luz y tu olor por donde quiera que vaya
I carry your light and your smell wherever I go
Y amontonado en tu arena guardo amor, juegos y penas
And piled up in your sand I keep love, games and sorrows
Yo que en la piel tengo el sabor amargo del llanto eterno
I who on my skin have the bitter taste of eternal crying
Que han vertido en ti cien pueblos de Algeciras a Estambul
That a hundred towns from Algeciras to Istanbul have poured into you
Para que pintes de azul sus largas noches de invierno
For you to paint their long winter nights blue
A fuerza de desventuras, tu alma es profunda y oscura
By dint of misadventures, your soul is deep and dark
A tus atardeceres rojos se acostumbraron mis ojos
My eyes got used to your red sunsets
Como el recodo al camino
Like the bend in the road
Soy cantor, soy embustero
I am a singer, I am a liar
Me gusta el juego y el vino
I like gambling and wine
Tengo alma de marinero
I have a sailor's soul
¿Qué le voy a hacer si yo
What am I going to do if I
Nací en el Mediterráneo?
I was born in the Mediterranean?
Nací en el Mediterráneo
I was born in the Mediterranean
Y te acercas y te vas después de besar mi aldea
And you approach and you leave after kissing my village
Jugando con la marea te vas pensando en volver
Playing with the tide you go, thinking in coming back
Eres como una mujer perfumadita de brea
You are like a tar-scented woman
Que se añora y que se quiere
What is longed for and what is wanted
Que se conoce y se teme
What is known and feared
Ay, si un día para mi mal viene a buscarme la parca
Oh, if one day the grim reaper comes looking for me
Empujad al mar mi barca con un levante otoñal
Push my boat into the sea with an autumnal lift
Y dejad que el temporal desguace sus alas blancas
And let the storm scrap their white wings
Y a mí enterradme sin duelo
And bury me without mourning
Entre la playa y el cielo
Between the beach and the sky
En la ladera de un monte, más alto que el horizonte
On the side of a hill, higher than the horizon
Quiero tener buena vista
I want to have a good view
Mi cuerpo será camino
my body will be way
Le daré verde a los pinos y amarillo a la genista
I will give green to the pines and yellow to the genista
Cerca del mar, porque yo
Near the sea, because I
Nací en el Mediterráneo
I was born in the Mediterranean
Nací en el Mediterráneo
I was born in the Mediterranean
Nací en el Mediterráneo
I was born in the Mediterranean
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