Lyrics and translation Celia Cruz - Canto A Lola Flores

Canto A Lola Flores

Con una bata de cola
Llena de estrellas muy blancas
Canta en mitad de los cielos
Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana
Un día la vio San Pedro
Se le ocurrió contratarla
Para que fuera maestra
De flamenco y sevillana
Con una bata de cola
Llena de estrellas muy blancas
Canta en mitad de los cielos
Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana
Un día la vio San Pedro
Se le ocurrió contratarla
Para que fuera maestra
De flamenco y sevillana
Y todas las noches de luna
Con peineta y castañuelas
Da clase a los angelitos
En su celestial escuela
Sus tablaos son las nubes
Y hacen palmas las estrellas
María que ya no aguanta
Sale a bailar con ella
Baila le reina del cielo
Junto a la reina gitana
Baila le reina del cielo
Junto a la reina gitana
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
La algarabía del cielo
Ya se escucha en toda España
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
Gitana tenía que ser
Gritan San Pedro y San José
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
Santa Bárbara, deja la espada
Y baila con Lola mi salsa gitana
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
Baila la reina del cielo
Junto a la reina gitana
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
(Vengo a cantar mi salsa gitana pá Lola Flores)
Ay, pena, pena, pena, penita
Fiesta en el cielo, duelo en la Tierra ¡y olé!
(Vengo a cantar mi salsa gitana pá Lola Flores)
Flores de Antonio y de Lolita
De su hermana Carmen y de Rosario, su hijita
(Vengo a cantar mi salsa gitana pá Lola Flores)
A, faraona, hoy te extrañamos
Pero tu pueblo y el mundo entero, te amamos
(Vengo a cantar mi salsa gitana pá Lola Flores)
Por siempre tendrás un sitio en el fondo de mi alma
Te lo dice Celia Cruz, tu hermana cubana
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana
Lola, mi hermana gitana
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
Fuiste mi guía, fuiste mi hermana
Tú me ayudaste en tu bella España
(Lola, gitana)
(Lola, mi amiga, mi hermana)
Que tiene la zarzamora que a todas horas
Llora, que llora a Lola

Song for Lola Flores

In a flowing dress
Studded with brilliant white stars
She sings amidst the heavens
Lola, my friend, my sister
One day Saint Peter saw her
He decided to hire her
To become the teacher
Of flamenco and sevillanas
In a flowing dress
Studded with brilliant white stars
She sings amidst the heavens
Lola, my friend, my sister
One day Saint Peter saw her
He decided to hire her
To become the teacher
Of flamenco and sevillanas
And every moonlit night
With a comb and castanets
She teaches the little angels
In her heavenly school
Her stages are the clouds
And the stars clap their hands
Mary, who can no longer bear it
Comes out to dance with her
Dance, queen of heaven
With the gypsy queen
Dance, queen of heaven
With the gypsy queen
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
The jubilation of heaven
Can now be heard throughout Spain
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
She had to be a gypsy
Shout Saint Peter and Saint Joseph
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
Saint Barbara, put down your sword
And dance my gypsy salsa with Lola
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
Dance, queen of heaven
With the gypsy queen
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
(I come to sing my gypsy salsa for Lola Flores)
Oh, sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, little sorrow
Celebration in heaven, mourning on Earth, and olé!
(I come to sing my gypsy salsa for Lola Flores)
Flowers of Antonio and Lolita
Of her sister Carmen and Rosario, her little girl
(I come to sing my gypsy salsa for Lola Flores)
Oh, pharaoh, today we miss you
But your people and the whole world love you
(I come to sing my gypsy salsa for Lola Flores)
You will always have a place in the depths of my soul
Celia Cruz, your Cuban sister, tells you
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
Lola, my friend, my sister
Lola, my gypsy sister
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
You were my guide, you were my sister
You helped me in your beautiful Spain
(Lola, gypsy)
(Lola, my friend, my sister)
What is it about the blackberry that always
Cries, that cries for Lola