La Catalina

Catalina

La Catalina

Catalina was sittingEstaba la Catalina
Underneath a laurel treeSentada bajo un laurel
Feeling the coolnessSintiendo la frescura
Of the falling waterDe las aguas al caer

Suddenly, a soldier passed byDe pronto, pasó un soldado
And made him stopY lo hizo detener
"Hold on, soldierDeténgase, mi soldado
I have a question for you"Que una pregunta le voy hacer

"Haven't you seen my husband¿Usted no ha visto a mi marido
In the war at all?"En la guerra alguna vez?
"I haven't seen your husbandYo no he visto a su marido
And I don't know who he is"Y tampoco sé quién es

"My husband is tall and blondeMi marido es alto y rubio
And handsome like youY buen mozo como usted
And on the back of his neckY en la punta de la espalda
He has 'Saint Andrew' written"Lleva escrito San Andrés

"From the details you've given mePor los datos que me ha dado
Your husband is deadSu marido muerto es
And he told me to tell youY me ha dejado dicho
To marry me instead"Que me case con usted

"That's something I won't doEso sí que no lo hago
That's something I won't agree toEso sí que yo no lo haré
I've waited seven yearsSiete años he esperado
And I'll wait another seven"Y otros siete esperaré

"If he doesn't come by fourteenSi a los catorce no viene
I'll head to a conventA un convento yo me iré
And I'll take my two daughtersY a mis dos hijas mujeres
With me, they'll go tooConmigo las llevaré
And my two sonsY a mis dos hijos varones
I'll leave to the homeland"A la patria entregaré

"Shut up, shut up, CatalinaCalla, calla, Catalina
Shut up, just be quietCalla, calla de una vez
You're talking to your husbandQue estás hablando con tu marido
Who you couldn't recognize"Que no has podido reconocer

So this story endsAsí termina esta historia
Of an unhappy womanDe una infeliz mujer
Who was talking to her husbandQue estaba hablando con su marido
Who she couldn't recognizeQue no ha podido reconocer

So this story endsAsí termina esta historia
Of an unhappy womanDe una infeliz mujer
Who was talking to her husbandQue estaba hablando con su marido
Who she couldn't recognizeQue no ha podido reconocer