Paroles et traduction Kiko Veneno - San José de Arimatea

San José de Arimatea

A la caída de la tarde
San José de Arimatea
Dejó la radio en el suelo y se puso a bailar

No pensaba en el trabajo que había puesto en su hacienda y
Siempre había sospechado que le robaban las almendras
Pero esta vez lo vio y lo invitó a fumar

No tenía ningún gallo
Que lo avisara de tormenta
Nunca supo distinguir la estrella polar

Sentado bajo la higuera recogía con cuidado
El fruto que los pájaros habían ya picoteado
Y guardaban para él su mayor dulzor

Y si a veces ayunaba
No era que nadie lo tentaba
Era solo por ver, solo por ver, solo por ver
Nuevos colores en el sol

Bajaban por el monte
Turbas evangelizantes
Que habían hallado el camino de la salvación

San José que era muy viejo y se lo hacía de incógnito
Levantó su cara al cielo y lo abrazó con los ojos
Guardó la piedra en la bolsa y se fue a descansar

Saint Joseph of Arimathea

At sunset
Saint Joseph of Arimathea
Put down the radio and started to dance

He didn't think about all the work he had put into his plantation
And he had always suspected that he was being robbed of his almonds
But this time he saw him and invited him to smoke

He didn't have any rooster
To warn him of a storm
He never could tell the North Star

Sitting under the fig tree he carefully gathered up
The fruit the birds had already pecked at
And kept their sweetest taste for him

And if sometimes he fasted
It wasn't because he was being tempted by anybody
It was just to see, just to see, just to see
New colors in the sun

Down the hill they came
Preaching mobs
Who had found the path to salvation

Saint Joseph who was very old and did it secretly
Lifted his face to the sky and embraced it with his eyes
Pocketed the stone and went off to rest