El Casamiento - Los Chalchaleros Übersetzung ins Englische

El Casamiento

Primera

Adentro

Golpeando de puerta en puerta
Iba doña Filomena
Invitando a los amigos
Al casamiento 'e la nena

La nena era cuarentona
Tenía barba y bigote
El novio era un peticito
Que la conoció de noche

Le regaló diez gallinas
Y un gallo chueco y fulero
El padrino que, de noche
Visitaba el gallinero

Cuando comenzó la fiesta
Tocaron la chacarera
Y un rengo que la bailaba
Levantaba polvareda

Segunda

Adentro

La vieja, con disimulo
Contaba los invitados
El marido, que era tuerto
Le cuidaba los regalos

El novio muy compadrito
Peinadito a la gomina
Al verlo, dijo un paisano
"Tan chiquitito y camina"

Llegando la madrugada
Quedaron todos machados
Y un perro estaba lamiendo
La cabeza de un pelado

Seguía la chacarera
La guitarreaba Zapata
Y al rengo que la bailaba
Se le arreglaron las patas

The Wedding

First

Inside

Knocking from door to door
Went Doña Filomena
Inviting all her friends
To her daughter's wedding

The daughter was forty
Had a beard and mustache, my dear
The groom was a short fellow
Who met her at night, it's clear

He gave her ten hens, you see
And a crooked, ugly rooster
The godfather, who at night
Would visit the henhouse, a booster

When the party began, my sweet
They played the chacarera
And a lame man who danced it
Kicked up a lot of dust, era

Second

Inside

The old woman, discreetly, my love
Counted the guests with care
The husband, who was one-eyed, my dove
Looked after the gifts, I swear

The groom, quite the dandy, so fine
Hair slicked back with pomade
Seeing him, a peasant did define
"So small, yet he walks, unafraid"

As dawn arrived, the scene was set
Everyone was plastered, I bet
And a dog was licking, you see
The head of a bald man, so free

The chacarera continued to play
Zapata strummed the guitar, they say
And the lame man who danced it with glee
His legs were healed, suddenly free