Y nos dieron las diez [English translation]

It was a seaside town

One night after a concert;

You reigned behind

the bar of the only barroom we found open.

"Sing me a song

in my ear and I'll give you a Cuba Libre".

"With one condition:

that you will leave open

the balcony of your catlike eyes for me."

Crazy to know

the secrets of my bedroom,

That night I sang

on the piano 'til dawn my entire repertoire.

The patrons of the bar

were leaving one by one.

You came out to close,

I told myself:

"Careful, lad, you're falling in love."

Then everything happened

suddenly, my finger on your back

drew a heart

And my hand corresponded

underneath your skirt.

On the path to the hotel

We kissed at every lamppost.

It was a seaside town,

I wanted to sleep with you

and you didn't want to sleep alone.

And it was ten and eleven, twelve and one

And two and three 1

And the moon found us naked at nightfall.

We said goodbye,

hopefully we'll see each other again.

The summer ended,

Autumn lasted long enough

for winter to arrive.

And fate took me to your town

once again the following

summer, and at the end of

the concert I tried to find your

face among the people

And I didn't find anyone who could

tell me anything 2about you.

It seemed like destiny wanted to

play a macabre joke on us.

There was no one behind

the bar from that other summer,

And instead of your bar

I found a branch of the

Banco Hispano Americano.

I avenged your memory

by throwing rocks at the windows,

"I know I didn't dream it!",

I protested while the police

handcuffed me.

In my statement

I alleged that I'd had three drinks,

And I started this song

In the room where I took your

clothes off that time.

And it was ten and eleven, twelve and one

And two and three,

And the moon found us naked at nightfall.

And it was ten and eleven, twelve and one

And two and three,

And the moon found us naked at nightfall.

1. Refers to the time of day. In spanish, El reloj dio las diez = The clock struck ten, or it was ten(o'clock)2. media palabra=half-word is used figuratively, not literally