Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Siete Mares by José Alfredo Jiménez from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Soy marino vivo errante
I am a wandering living sailor
Cruzo por lo siete mares
I cross the seven seas
Y como soy navegante
And since I'm a navigator
Vivo entre las tempestades
I live among the storms
Desafiando los peligros que me dan los siete mares
Defying the dangers of the seven seas
Cuando el mar esta tranquilo
When the sea is calm
Y hay estrellas en el cielo
And there are stars in the sky
Entre penas y suspiros le hablo a la mujer que quiero
Between sorrows and sighs I talk to the woman I love
Y solo el mar me contesta
And only the sea answers me
Ya no llores marinero
Don't cry anymore sailor
Me dicen el siete mares
They tell me the seven seas
Porque ando de puerto en puerto
Because I go from port to port
Llevando con migo mismo
Carrying with me
Un amor ya casi muerto
A love already almost dead
Yo ya quisiera quedarme
I would like to stay
Juntito a mi grana cariño
Together with my great affection
Pero esa no fue mi vida
But that wasn't my life.
Navegar es mi destino
Sailing is my destination
Estrellita marinera
Sailor star
Compañera de nosotros
Companion of us
Que noticia tienes ora
What news do you have ora
De esa que me trae tan loco
The one that drives me so crazy
Si es que todavía me quiere
If you still love me
Dímelo poquito a poco
Tell me little by little
Olas altas olas grandes
High waves big waves
Que me arrastran y me alejan
That drag me away and push me away
Cuando anclemos en Tampico
When we anchor in Tampico
quédense un ratio quietas
Stay a Ratio Still
Tan siquiera cuatro noches
Not even four nights
Si es que entienden mis tristezas
If you understand my sorrows
Me dicen el siete mares
They tell me the seven seas
Porque ando de puerto en puerto
Because I go from port to port
Llevando con migo mismo
Carrying with me
Un amor ya casi muerto
A love already almost dead
Yo ya quisiera quedarme
I would like to stay
Juntito a mi grana cariño
Together with my great affection
Pero esa no fue mi vida
But that wasn't my life.
Navegar es mi destino
Sailing is my destination
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