Sevilla
Cecilia
Lyrics
Translation
El río Guadalquivir
The Guadalquivir River
se enamoró de tu estampa
Fell in love with your figure
Partió tu alma en dos
It split your soul in two
Como si fuera una daga
As if it were a dagger
Sevilla de sangre real
Seville of royal blood
Sevilla de sangre gitana
Seville of Gypsy blood
Es una mujer morena
She is a dark-haired woman
Con aires de enamorada
With the airs of a lover
Sevilla se muere de amor
Seville is dying of love
No quiere morir callada
She doesn't want to die in silence
Quiere morir con el sol
She wants to die with the sun
Iluminando su cara
Illuminating her face
Sus santos en procesión
Her saints in procession
Por el puente de triana
Across the Triana bridge
Quieren llorar con ella
They want to weep with her
por soleares gitanas
through Gypsy soleares
Desde un balcón de jazmín
From a jasmine balcony
O una ventana de rejas
Or a window with bars
Sevilla les cuenta su vida
Seville tells them its life
mientras les canta saetas
while singing saetas
Sevilla se muere de amor
Seville is dying of love
Y no quiere morir callada
And she doesn't want to die in silence
Quiere morir con el sol
She wants to die with the sun
iluminando su cara
illuminating her face
La virgen de la esperanza
The Virgin of Hope
Quiere vestirse de luto
Wants to dress in mourning
Y en sus torres las campanas
And in its towers, the bells
Lloran su canto mudo
Cry for its mute song
Poetas y cantaores
Poets and singers
Con sombreros de ala ancha
With wide-brimmed hats
Saben que sufre de amores
Know that it suffers from love
Por eso a Sevilla cantan
That's why they sing to Seville
Sevilla se muere de amor
Seville is dying of love
No quiere morir callada
She doesn't want to die in silence
Quiere morir con el sol
She wants to die with the sun
iluminando su cara
illuminating her face