Paroles et traduction Pepe Ramos - Naela

Naela

Y yo que me la lleve al río creyendo que era mozuela
Pero tenía marido
Era una noche de Santiago y casi por compromiso
Se apagaron las farolas y se encendieron los grillos

La luz del entendimiento me hace ser más comedido
Y no quiero decir, por hombre, cosas que ella me dijo
Porque, teniendo marido, me dijo que era mozuela
Cuando la llevaba al río

Era una noche de luna
Naela lloraba ante mí
Ella me dijo con ternura
Que me amaba con locura

Yo le pregunté por qué lloraba
Y ella me contestó así
"Ya mis caricias no son buenas
Ya no soy Naela para ti
Ya me entregué con otro hombre
Ya no soy Naela para ti"

Naela, di por qué me abandonas
Tonta, si bien sabes que te quiero
Vuelve a mí, ya no busques otro sendero
Te perdono porque sin tu amor
Se me parte el corazón

Me lo contaron ayer las lenguas de doble filo
Que te casaste hace un mes y me quede tan tranquilo
Otro cualquiera en mi caso se hubiese puesto a llorar
Yo, cruzándome de brazos, dije que me daba igual

Nada de pegarme un tiro ni acosarte a maldiciones
Ni apedrear con mis suspiros los vidrios de tus balcones
¿Que te has casado? Buena suerte, vive cien años contenta
Y que a la hora de tu muerte, Dios ni te lo tome a cuenta

Que si al pie de los altares mi nombre se te olvido
Por la gloria de mi madre que no te guardo rencor
Mas como tu novio es rico te vendo esta profecía

Allá por la madrugada soñaras que fuiste mía
Y recordarás la tarde que mi boca te beso
Y despertarás llorando y te llamarás cobarde
Cobarde como te lo digo yo

Porque aquel, aquel que no fue ni tu novio ni tu marido ni tu amante
Ha sido quien más te ha querido y con eso, con eso tengo bastante
Y no le pido yo al cielo que te mande más castigo
Que estés durmiendo con otro y estés soñando conmigo

Naela, di por qué me abandonas
Tonta, si bien sabes que te quiero
Vuelve a mí, ya no busques otro sendero
Te perdono porque sin tu amor, sin tu amor
Se me parte el corazón

Naela

Though I took her to the river thinking that she was unmarried
She had a husband
On a night of Santiago, almost by way of compromise
The lights went out, and the crickets began their song

The light of my mind makes me behave in a more prudent way
And as a man, I don't want to say the things she said to me
Because, despite having a husband, she told me she was single
When I was taking her to the river

On a moonlit night
Naela wept before me
With tenderness, she told me
That she loved me with passion

I asked her why she wept
And she replied
"My caresses are no longer welcome
I am no longer Naela for you
I have already given myself to another man
I am no longer Naela for you"

Naela, tell me, why do you leave me?
Foolish girl, don't you know how much I love you?
Come back to me, my love, seek no other path
I forgive you, because without your love
My heart would break

Yesterday, double-edged tongues told me
That you got married a month ago, and I remained calm
Anyone else in my place would have begun to weep
But I folded my arms and said that it was all the same to me

I won't shoot myself, and I won't curse you
Nor will I throw stones of longing at the windows of your home
You married? Good luck, may you live a hundred happy years
And when it is your time to die, may God not hold this against you

If you have forgotten my name at the altar
On the honor of my mother, I hold no grudge
But since your husband is wealthy, I will sell you this prophecy

In the early hours of the morning, you will dream that you were mine
And you will remember that evening when my lips kissed you
You will wake up crying and call yourself a coward
A coward, just as I tell you

Because he, that one who was neither your boyfriend, nor your husband, nor your lover
Has been the one who has loved you the most, and with that, that is enough for me
I don't ask heaven to punish you further
May you sleep with another, and may you dream of me

Naela, tell me, why do you leave me?
Foolish girl, don't you know how much I love you?
Come back to me, my love, seek no other path
I forgive you, because without your love, without your love
My heart would break