Ay, Pena Penita Pena

Lola Flores
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Si en el firmamento poder yo tuviera

If in the firmament I had the power

Esta noche negra lo mismo que un pozo

This black night, like a well

Con un cuchillito de luna lunera

With a little moon knife

Cortaría los hierros de tu calabozo

I would cut the bars of your dungeon

Si yo fuera reina de la luz del día

If I were the queen of the daylight

Del viento y del mar

Of the wind and the sea

Cordeles de esclava yo me ceñiría

Slave cords I would wrap around myself

Pot tu libertad

For your freedom


¡Ay, pena, penita, pena -pena-

Oh, sorrow, little sorrow -sorrow-

Pena de mi corazón

Sorrow of my heart

Que me corre por las venas -pena-

That runs through my veins -sorrow-

Con la fuerza de un ciclón!

With the strength of a cyclone!

Es lo mismo que un nublado

It's the same as a cloudy

De tiniebla y pedernal

Obscure and flinty

Es un potro desbocado

It's a runaway colt

Que no sabe dónde va

That doesn't know where it's going

Es un desierto de arena -pena-

It's a desert of sand -sorrow-

Es mi gloria en un penal

It's my glory in a penitentiary

¡Ay, penal! ¡Ay, penal!

Oh, penitentiary! Oh, penitentiary!

¡Ay, pena, penita, pena!

Oh, sorrow, little sorrow, sorrow!


Yo no quiero flores, dinero, ni fama

I don't want flowers, money, or fame

Quiero que me dejen llorar tus pesares

I want them to let me cry your sorrows

Y estar a tu vera, cariño del alma

And be by your side, my beloved

Bebiéndome el llanto de tus soleares

Drinking the tears of your cante jondo

Me duelen los ojos de mirar sin verte

My eyes hurt from looking without seeing you

Reniego de mí

I disown myself

Que tienen la culpa de tu mala suerte

They are to blame for your misfortune

Mis rosas de abril

My April roses

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San José, Costa Rica August 14, 2025
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