Feria De Manizales
FolclorLyrics
Translation
Fiel surtidor de hidalguia
Faithful source of nobility
Manizales rumorosa
Noisy Manizales
Bajo tu cielo de rosa
Under your rose-colored sky
Canta el viento su alegria
The wind sings its joy
Tan dulce es la tirania
So sweet is the tyranny
De tu belleza preclara
Of your illustrious beauty
Que antes de que yo te amara
That before I loved you
Mi corazón te queria
My heart already desired you
Ay manizales del alma
Oh Manizales of the soul
Ay manizales de ensueño!
Oh Manizales of dreams!
Con los zafiros del alba
With the sapphires of dawn
Borda su ofrenda mi ensueño
My dream embroiders its offering
Ay manizales de plata!
Oh Manizales of silver!
Ay manizales de armiño!
Oh Manizales of ermine!
Prende a tu cuello de nacar
Adorn your mother-of-pearl neck
El collar de mi cariño!
With the necklace of my affection!
Toro de pena y desvio
Bull of sorrow and deviation
Sobre el redondel sonoro
Upon the resonant arena
Fingen caracolas de oro
Golden conches pretend
Las carretas del rocio
The carts of dew
Toda la feria es un rio
The entire fair is a river
De jubilo y azucena
Of jubilation and lilies
Y el sol cierra su faena
And the sun concludes its task
Con banderillas de estio
With summer's banderillas