Lyrics and translation manzanita - Pedimentos

Pedimentos

No dejo de preguntarme si esa gitanilla sera mía
Y cuando la veo cantando mi corazón tiembla de alegría
Oh, papá quiero a la chata aunque me cueste la vida
Papá, levantate y ponte tu traje
Que vamos a ir a hablar con su gente
Que quiero que tú la veas, a ver a ti que te parece

Cuando llegamo a su casa los gitanillos estaban de juerga
Yo estaba muerto de lache y no aparté mis ojillos de ella
Ella me mira, me mira y yo la miraba a ella
Y su papá comprendió que había que parar la juerga

Y entonces sonó una voz de un gitano viejo
Que le preguntaba a papá y a mamá
Que pa' qué habíamos venido, que por favor se sentara

Había una candela en medio y ella se puso junto a su papá
Con el resplandor del fuego su cara guapa se iluminaba
Mi papá le dijo al hombre que viene a pedir a su chata
Su padre a ella le pregunta, me mira, sonríe y calla
Con voz fuerte le repite si está conforme con lo que se habla
Entorno mis ojos y rezo pa' que me diga que sí la chata
Ella colorada se pone, se queda un rato callada
Me mira y vuelve a reírse, y le dice al padre que sí me ama

Pleading

I keep asking if that Gypsy girl will be mine
And when I see her singing, my heart trembles with joy
Oh, dad, I want the dusky girl, even if it costs me my life
Dad, get up and put on your suit
We're going to talk to her people
I want you to see her, to see what you think of her

When we got to her house, the gypsies were partying
I was terrified and didn't take my eyes off her
She looked at me, I looked at her
And her father realized he had to stop the party

And then an old gypsy's voice rang out
Asking dad and mom
Why we had come, please sit down

There was a fire in the middle, and she stood next to her father
Her beautiful face was lit up by the glow of the fire
My dad told the man that he had come to ask for his dusky girl
Her father asked her, she looked at me, smiled, and was silent
In a loud voice, he repeated if she agreed with what was being said
I closed my eyes and prayed that the dusky girl would say yes
She blushed, said nothing for a moment
She looked at me, smiled again, and told her father that she loved me