Joan Manuel Serrat - Campesina - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Joan Manuel Serrat - Campesina




Campesina
Country Girl
A golpes, el badajo
The bell clapper struck,
Llamó al amanecer,
Calling for the dawn,
Y a ti, camino abajo,
And you, down the road,
Camino del taller
On your way to the workshop.
Te busca una sirena.
A siren calls you.
Ten cuidado, mujer.
Be careful, my dear.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Diecisiete años.
Seventeen years old.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Soldador y estaño.
Welder and tin.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Soldar hilo con hilo,
Soldering wire to wire,
Y no saber por qué
And not knowing why,
Va el siete con el cinco
Seven goes with five,
Y el cuatro con el tres.
Four goes with three.
De sirena a sirena
From siren to siren,
Están mintiéndote.
They lie to you.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Si el viento y los robles,
If the wind and the oaks,
Campesina,
Country girl,
Se saben tu nombre.
Know your name.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Es septiembre, y las uvas
It is September, and the grapes
Están por madurar.
Are about to ripen.
Aires de fiesta cantan
The festive air sings
Las prensas y el lagar.
Of presses and vats.
No escuches la sirena
Don't listen to the siren,
Y ve a vendimiar.
Go and help with the harvest.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Carita empolvada.
Your pretty face powdered.
Campesina.
Country girl.
De recién casada.
Newly married.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Tiene añoranza el río
The river yearns
De tu cara y tu sed,
For your face and your thirst,
La harina de tus manos
The flour from your hands,
Y el mosto de tu pie.
And the must from your foot.
No escuches la sirena
Don't listen to the siren,
Y vuélvete.
And come back.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Despierta el asombro.
You make me wonder.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Cantarillo al hombro.
With a jug on your shoulder.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Campesina.
Country girl.
Campesina.
Country girl.





Writer(s): J.m. Serrat


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