El Carpintero Del Amor

Yo tuve un amor que en mi corazón

I had a love that in my heart

Trazó marcas negras

Traced black marks

Y de la viruta que allí quedó

And from the shavings that remained there

Nacieron mis penas (bis)

My sorrows were born (repeat)

Cepillo para pulir

Brush to polish

Angustias de mi alma

Anguish of my soul

Serrucho para cortar

Saw to cut

Amor que duele y que daña (bis)

Love that hurts and harms (repeat)

Carpintero de tu piel

Carpenter of your skin

Ebanista de tu aliento

Cabinetmaker of your breath

Mi martillo y mi cincel

My hammer and my chisel

Van labrando mi lamento

They are shaping my lament

La rumba es en mi taller

The party is in my workshop

Mis amigos mi herramienta

My friends, my tools

Dónde estará mi mujer

Where will my woman be

Mi madera y la experiencia

My wood and the experience