La Catalina
Estaba la Catalina
Sentada bajo un laurel
Sintiendo la frescura
De las aguas al caer
De pronto, pasó un soldado
Y lo hizo detener
Deténgase, mi soldado
Que una pregunta le voy hacer
¿Usted no ha visto a mi marido
En la guerra alguna vez?
Yo no he visto a su marido
Y tampoco sé quién es
Mi marido es alto y rubio
Y buen mozo como usted
Y en la punta de la espalda
Lleva escrito San Andrés
Por los datos que me ha dado
Su marido muerto es
Y me ha dejado dicho
Que me case con usted
Eso sí que no lo hago
Eso sí que yo no lo haré
Siete años he esperado
Y otros siete esperaré
Si a los catorce no viene
A un convento yo me iré
Y a mis dos hijas mujeres
Conmigo las llevaré
Y a mis dos hijos varones
A la patria entregaré
Calla, calla, Catalina
Calla, calla de una vez
Que estás hablando con tu marido
Que no has podido reconocer
Así termina esta historia
De una infeliz mujer
Que estaba hablando con su marido
Que no ha podido reconocer
Así termina esta historia
De una infeliz mujer
Que estaba hablando con su marido
Que no ha podido reconocer
Catalina
Catalina was sitting
Underneath a laurel tree
Feeling the coolness
Of the falling water
Suddenly, a soldier passed by
And made him stop
"Hold on, soldier
I have a question for you"
"Haven't you seen my husband
In the war at all?"
"I haven't seen your husband
And I don't know who he is"
"My husband is tall and blonde
And handsome like you
And on the back of his neck
He has 'Saint Andrew' written"
"From the details you've given me
Your husband is dead
And he told me to tell you
To marry me instead"
"That's something I won't do
That's something I won't agree to
I've waited seven years
And I'll wait another seven"
"If he doesn't come by fourteen
I'll head to a convent
And I'll take my two daughters
With me, they'll go too
And my two sons
I'll leave to the homeland"
"Shut up, shut up, Catalina
Shut up, just be quiet
You're talking to your husband
Who you couldn't recognize"
So this story ends
Of an unhappy woman
Who was talking to her husband
Who she couldn't recognize
So this story ends
Of an unhappy woman
Who was talking to her husband
Who she couldn't recognize