Canción de cuna para un gitano Lyrics in English José Luis Perales
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Canción de cuna para un gitano by José Luis Perales from Spanish to English.
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De pequeña fue a la escuela como tantas otras
As a child, she went to school like so many others.
Solo se aprendió las letras de la B a la J
She only learned the letters from B to J
Dibujaba en su cuaderno
She drew in her notebook
Lo que en su niñez soñaba
What she in her childhood she dreamed of
Una casa con jardín, un príncipe azul
A house with a garden, a prince charming
Y en su cuento de hadas
And in your fairy tale
Una princesa y un rey
A princess and a king
Y un amanecer
and a sunrise
Y un amanecer
and a sunrise
Y entre cuento y cuento iba perdiendo su infancia
And between story and story she was losing her childhood
Y la piel de sus mejillas se volvió gitana
And the skin on her cheeks turned gypsy
Y dejó de ir a la escuela
And she stopped going to school
Y aprendió a cantar la nana
And she learned to sing the lullaby
Duérmete mi rey que aún
go to sleep my king who still
No llegó la luz hasta la ventana
The light did not reach the window
Duérmete mi rey que aún
go to sleep my king who still
No llegó la luz
the light did not come
No llegó la luz
the light did not come
Y entre nana y nana
And between nana and nana
Llora y llora
cry and cry
Y su media cama
and his half bed
Duerme sola
sleep alone
Contempla un retrato
contemplate a portrait
Cada media hora
Every half hour
Y al gitano aquel le grita, '¿Por qué me dejaste me sola?'
And that gypsy yells, 'Why did you leave me alone?'
Duérmete mi rey
sleep my king
Duérmete mi rey
sleep my king
Duérmete mi rey
sleep my king
Con el sol de la mañana su verdad despierta
With the morning sun the truth of her awakens
Y abrazando aquel retrato va de puerta en puerta
And embracing that portrait he goes from door to door
Va buscando a su gitano
He goes looking for his gypsy
Que hoy abandonó su reja
That today she abandoned her gate
Su cama y su despertar,
His bed and his awakening,
Su casa de cal y su puerta vieja
His lime house and his old door
Su rincón junto al hogar
His corner by the hearth
Su candil brillar
His lamp shine
Su candil brillar
His lamp shine
Y entre nana y nana
And between nana and nana
Llora y llora
cry and cry
Y su media cama duerme sola
And her half bed sleeps alone
Contempla el retrato cada media hora
She contemplates the portrait every half hour
Y al gitano aquel le grita, '¿Por qué me dejaste me sola?'
And that gypsy yells, 'Why did you leave me alone?'
Duérmete mi rey
sleep my king
Duérmete mi rey
sleep my king
Duérmete mi rey
sleep my king
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