Triana, puente y aparte [English translation]

Triana! 1

Come with me, and we will build

a little house in the countryside,

and we will get inside,

a little house in the countryside,

and we will get inside

To Guitarrina

her father is going to buy her

a lina blanket for the carnival

She was my first cousin

a pretty charlotte,

she has her dress made

and doesn’t pay the seamstress

A clock marked

with the hours and minutes

of the wrong payment

you have given me

When passing through La Campana, 2

the first thing you’ll see is

a guard playing his whistle

and in his hand, a paper where it is written:

“give me two pesetas”;

I don’t feel like it;

grab me by the arm;

lets go to Triana!

Oh, the prawns are delicious,

Mari Loli, Mari Anda,

Oh, the prawns are delicious.

Mari Loli dances great,

air with air,

your husband in the era,

the friar is with me

~ ~ ~

Now, I won’t pass by

under your balcony;

he might get lose

and send me to "San Juan de Dios" 3

If you want to dance rumba

with your foot behind you,

if you want to know

the moves I’m making,

stand behind me,

because I’m going to Triana.

You take them down, I put them back up

the posters in every corner…

Passing through the Amparo street,

an old woman called me by my name

and gave me a pair of scissors

with more mojo than a brass.

And the grinder and the sharpener

that sharpens knives, that sharpens razors,

I bring the grinder stone.

My little girl likes

potatoes with rice, trototron.

Your husband in the era,

the friar is with me

Your husband in the era,

the friar is with me

1. Is a neighbourhood and administrative district on the west bank of the Guadalquivir River in the city of Seville, Spain 2. Is a well-known street in Seville 3. Is an hospital located in Seville