Dalai Lama Lyrics in English Mecano
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Dalai Lama by Mecano from Spanish to English.
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Verse 1
Ha nacido en el país prohibido
He was born in the forbidden country
Perdido en la falda de una montaña
Lost in the foothills of a mountain
Dicen que es la reencarnación de un dios
They say it's the reincarnation of a god
En el misterio del gran monasterio
In the mystery of the great monastery
Los lamas preparan el viaje
Slats prepare for the journey
Van a buscar al futuro gran señor
They're going to look for the future great sir
Siguiendo los designios de un oráculo especial
Following the designs of a special oracle
Barrieron las montañas
Barrieron the mountains
Y encontraron un chaval
And they found a kid
Sabio en la memoria pudo recordar
Wise in memory he could remember
Cual fue su rosario y su campana
What was his rosary and his bell
Y hasta el emisario
And even the emissary
Chorus 1
Ay dalai lama dalai lama dalai
Ay dalai lama dalai lama dalai
Ay dalai lama ay dalai dalai
Ay dalai lama ay dalai dalai
Ay dalai
Ay dalai
Verse 2
Pronto el cielo, como un avispero
Soon the sky, like a hornet
De amarillos que volaban hacia el suelo
Yellows flying to the ground
Y el temor que precede a la invasión
And the fear that precedes the invasion
Como hojas los estrellas rojas
Like leaves the red stars
Cayeron sobre el valle de lhasa
They fell over the lhasa valley
A liberar al pueblo de su religión
To free the people from their religion
En nombre del progreso y de la revolución
In the name of progress and revolution
Quemaron tradiciones y pisaron el honor
They burned traditions and set foot in honor
El rey de las montañas tuvo que escapar
The king of the mountains had to escape
Vestido de mendigo
Beggar's dress
Y con el alma envuelta en el ombligo
And with the soul wrapped in the navel
Chorus 2
Ay dalai lama dalai lama dalai
Ay dalai lama dalai lama dalai
Ay dalai lama ay dalai dalai
Ay dalai lama ay dalai dalai
Ay dalai
Ay dalai
Verse 3
A falta de petróleo no hubo amigos en el mar
In the absence of oil there were no friends at sea
Dejando las naciones tu barquito naufragar
Leaving nations your boat to shipwreck
Novel en la guerra
Novel in the War
Nobel de la paz
Nobel Peace Prize
Chorus 3
Ay dalai lama dalai lama dalai
Ay dalai lama dalai lama dalai
Ay dalai lama ay dalai dalai
Ay dalai lama ay dalai dalai
Ay dalai
Ay dalai
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IGNACIO CANO
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