Celia Cruz - Canto A Lola Flores - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Celia Cruz - Canto A Lola Flores




Canto A Lola Flores
Song for Lola Flores
Con una bata de cola
In a flowing dress
Llena de estrellas muy blancas
Studded with brilliant white stars
Canta en mitad de los cielos
She sings amidst the heavens
Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana
Lola, my friend, my sister
Un día la vio San Pedro
One day Saint Peter saw her
Se le ocurrió contratarla
He decided to hire her
Para que fuera maestra
To become the teacher
De flamenco y sevillana
Of flamenco and sevillanas
Con una bata de cola
In a flowing dress
Llena de estrellas muy blancas
Studded with brilliant white stars
Canta en mitad de los cielos
She sings amidst the heavens
Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana
Lola, my friend, my sister
Un día la vio San Pedro
One day Saint Peter saw her
Se le ocurrió contratarla
He decided to hire her
Para que fuera maestra
To become the teacher
De flamenco y sevillana
Of flamenco and sevillanas
Y todas las noches de luna
And every moonlit night
Con peineta y castañuelas
With a comb and castanets
Da clase a los angelitos
She teaches the little angels
En su celestial escuela
In her heavenly school
Sus tablaos son las nubes
Her stages are the clouds
Y hacen palmas las estrellas
And the stars clap their hands
María que ya no aguanta
Mary, who can no longer bear it
Sale a bailar con ella
Comes out to dance with her
Baila le reina del cielo
Dance, queen of heaven
Junto a la reina gitana
With the gypsy queen
Baila le reina del cielo
Dance, queen of heaven
Junto a la reina gitana
With the gypsy queen
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
La algarabía del cielo
The jubilation of heaven
Ya se escucha en toda España
Can now be heard throughout Spain
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
Gitana tenía que ser
She had to be a gypsy
Gritan San Pedro y San José
Shout Saint Peter and Saint Joseph
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
Santa Bárbara, deja la espada
Saint Barbara, put down your sword
Y baila con Lola mi salsa gitana
And dance my gypsy salsa with Lola
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
Baila la reina del cielo
Dance, queen of heaven
Junto a la reina gitana
With the gypsy queen
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
(Vengo a cantar mi salsa gitana Lola Flores)
(I come to sing my gypsy salsa for Lola Flores)
Ay, pena, pena, pena, penita
Oh, sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, little sorrow
Fiesta en el cielo, duelo en la Tierra ¡y olé!
Celebration in heaven, mourning on Earth, and olé!
(Vengo a cantar mi salsa gitana Lola Flores)
(I come to sing my gypsy salsa for Lola Flores)
Flores de Antonio y de Lolita
Flowers of Antonio and Lolita
De su hermana Carmen y de Rosario, su hijita
Of her sister Carmen and Rosario, her little girl
(Vengo a cantar mi salsa gitana Lola Flores)
(I come to sing my gypsy salsa for Lola Flores)
A, faraona, hoy te extrañamos
Oh, pharaoh, today we miss you
Pero tu pueblo y el mundo entero, te amamos
But your people and the whole world love you
(Vengo a cantar mi salsa gitana Lola Flores)
(I come to sing my gypsy salsa for Lola Flores)
Por siempre tendrás un sitio en el fondo de mi alma
You will always have a place in the depths of my soul
Te lo dice Celia Cruz, tu hermana cubana
Celia Cruz, your Cuban sister, tells you
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana
Lola, my friend, my sister
Lola, mi hermana gitana
Lola, my gypsy sister
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
Fuiste mi guía, fuiste mi hermana
You were my guide, you were my sister
me ayudaste en tu bella España
You helped me in your beautiful Spain
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
Que tiene la zarzamora que a todas horas
What is it about the blackberry that always
Llora, que llora a Lola
Cries, that cries for Lola





Writer(s): Garcia-garcia Guadalupe, Pena-berdiel Angel


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