No Permita La Virgen
Joaquín Sabina
Lyrics
Translation
No permita la virgen que tengas poder
May the Virgin not allow you to have power
Sobre lágrimas, egos, haciendas
Over tears, egos, estates
Cuando labio sin ánima quieran querer-
When a lifeless lip wants to love you
Te al contado liquida la tienda
You pay cash, and the store closes
No te pases un pelo de listo, no invier-
Don't be a bit too clever, don't invest
Tas en cristos, no te hagas el tonto
In Christs, don't play the fool
Las hogueras a primera vista cuché
I heard about bonfires at first sight
De revista, se apagan bien pronto
From a magazine, they go out quickly
El caballo de Atila no sabe trotar
Attila's horse doesn't know how to trot
Sin hollar azulejos silvestres
Without trampling on wild tiles
Los vencejos con ánimo de molestar
The swifts, with a mind to bother
Coleccionan estatuas ecuestres
Collect equestrian statues
Cosas de quita y pon
Things to put on and take off
Mariposas de sangre marrón
Brown-blooded butterflies
Carnavales en los arrabales
Carnivals in the outskirts
De mi corazón
Of my heart
La belleza es un rabo de nube
Beauty is a tail of a cloud
Que sube de dos en dos las escaleras
That climbs stairs two by two
Un carné exclusivo de socio
An exclusive membership card
Del pingüe negocio de la primavera
Of the lucrative business of spring
Un barril de cerveza que mata de sed
A barrel of beer that kills with thirst
Un melón con pezón de sandía
A melon with a watermelon nipple
Un espía enemigo, un contigo al revés
An enemy spy, a "you" spelled backward
Un ombligo de bisutería
A jewelry-like navel
Cosas de quita y pon
Things to put on and take off
Mariposas de sangre marrón
Brown-blooded butterflies
No me quieras querer
Don't try to love me
No me quieras matar, corazón
Don't try to kill me, heart
Cosas de quita y pon
Things to put on and take off
Mariposas de sangre marrón
Brown-blooded butterflies
Cardenales en los funerales
Cardinals at the funerals
De mi corazón
Of my heart
No permita la virgen que tengas poder
May the Virgin not allow you to have power