Abeja Reina

Con amor te busqué un colmenal

With love, I searched for a beehive for you

Te llevé de la mano

I took you by the hand

No dormí fabricando la miel

I didn't sleep making the honey

Que te alimentara

That would feed you

Con el polen más fino del mundo

With the finest pollen in the world

Construí tu cama

I built your bed

Trabajaba panal por panal

I worked comb by comb

Mientras descansabas

While you rested

Me equivoqué, me equivocaba

I was wrong, I kept making mistakes

Mientras te amaba

While I loved you

Poquito a poco me aniquilabas

Little by little, you were annihilating me

Y te sentías, abeja reina, que ambicionabas

And you felt, queen bee, that you coveted

Abeja reina, una colmena

Queen bee, a beehive

Abeja reina, de oro y seda

Queen bee, of gold and silk

Y yo sabía, abeja reina, vendía mi vida

And I knew, queen bee, I was selling my life

Abeja reina, con tal de darte

Queen bee, as long as I gave you

Abeja reina, lo que querías

Queen bee, what you wanted

Te ofrecieron un trono mejor

They offered you a better throne

Donde tú reinaras

Where you would reign

Desayunas caviar con champán

You have caviar with champagne for breakfast

Todas las mañanas

Every morning

Te podrán sobornar, pero nunca

They may bribe you, but never

Te darán su sombra

Will they give you their shadow

El amor mi querida señora

Love, my dear lady

Con nada se compra

Is not bought with anything

Y te sentías, abeja reina, que ambicionabas

And you felt, queen bee, that you coveted

Abeja reina, una colmena

Queen bee, a beehive

Abeja reina, de oro y seda

Queen bee, of gold and silk

Y yo sabía, abeja reina, vendía mi vida

And I knew, queen bee, I was selling my life

Abeja reina, con tal de darte

Queen bee, as long as I gave you

Abeja reina, lo que querías

Queen bee, what you wanted

Dónde estarás amor, qué te darán de cena

Where will you be, love, what will they give you for dinner

Quién te cobijará, abeja reina

Who will shelter you, queen bee

Dónde estarás amor, qué te darán de cena

Where will you be, love, what will they give you for dinner

Quién te cobijará, abeja reina

Who will shelter you, queen bee