Una rosa es una rosa [English translation]

It's because of a woman

that I go mad

I can't live without her

but neither with her

And if because of this lover's grief

I was to kick the bucket

Do not send me flowers

As this rumba tells

Chorus:

I wished to cut the blossom

most tender of the roses

thinking out of love

it could not prick me

and as it pricked me

it showed me

that a rose is a rose is a rose...

When I opened my palm

and let it fall

blood started to flow

from the wounds of my skin

and with its petals

I tenderly treated it

that a rose is a rose is a rose...

But the more I treated

the more difficult it got after a while

because love is the start

of the word lovesickness

A lie and a avowal

for each thorn of the stalk

that entered my fingers

a rose is a rose

Chorus

When I opened my palm

and let it fall

blood started to flow

from the wounds of my skin

and with its petals

I tenderly treated it

that a rose is a rose is a rose...