Sevilla

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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

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San José, Costa Rica September 21, 2024
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