La Otra España [English translation]

With a wide-brimmed hat

and a carnation in his lapel,

a Mr. Juan went off to sea.

With land behind him

adventure in his eyes

his guitar and song

oh sailor, oh sailor.

From his cape, he made a poncho

of his guitar, a charango, [ a type of guitar]

from his land, another sea.

You're the other 'Spain'

which smells like sugarcane, tobacco, and pitch [tar]

You are the lazy one

with golden skin, the seafarer [a synonym for boat here]

oh oh oh seafarer, oh oh oh seafarer.

Between the guitar notes

he spoke to them of his land

of a carnation and a balcony

where a child still weeps

waiting for the one, that on one day

[he] forgot to say goodbye.

oh sailor, oh sailor.

With a wide-brimmed hat

and a carnation in his lapel,

a certain Mr. Juan went off to sea.