Si Usted La Viera

If You Saw Her

Si Usted La Viera

The confessor tells me not to love youEl confesor me dice que no te quiera
And I tell him: Father, if you saw herY yo le digo: Padre, si usted la viera
He says that your loves drive me crazyDice que tus amores me vuelven loco
That I don't attend to my duty, that I sleep littleQue mi deber no atiendo, que duermo poco
I sleep littleQue duermo poco

He says that our many conversationsDice que nuestras muchas conversaciones
They encourage gossip in the villageFomentan en la aldea murmuraciones
He says that not loving you, it would be easy for me to leaveDice que no quererte, fácil me fuera
And I tell him: Father, if you saw herY yo le digo: Padre, si usted la viera
If you saw herSi usted la viera

In vain I assure you, that you are so pureEn vano le aseguro, que eres tan pura
You have to pray in front of your beautyHay que rezar delante de tu hermosura
That you are gentle, airy, like a lilyQue eres gentil airosa, cual azucena
That are born from your lips, tuberose and verbenaQue nacen de tus labios, nardo y verbena
That are May rains, your soon curlsQue son lluvias de mayo, tus prontos rizos
And I can't live without your spellsY que vivir no puedo, sin tus hechizos
He tells me very sullen, that it is a great chimeraÉl me dice muy hosco, que es gran quimera
And I tell him: Father, if you saw herY yo le digo: Padre, si usted la viera

Confessing that I have my soul in your eyesConfesando que el alma tengo en tus ojos
The priest father yelled at me with a thousand angerMe gritó el padre cura con mil enojos
What a great sin he did not forgiveQue pecado tan grande no perdonaba
And if I loved you, I would be condemnedY que si te quería, me condenaba
condemned meMe condenaba

Then with lover sweet raptureEntonces con amante dulce arrebato
From the chest in which I carry it I took a portraitDel pecho en que lo llevo saqué un retrato
And the priest seeing your image, light of my soulY el cura al ver tu imagen, luz de alma mia
Contemplating him absorbed, he smiledContemplándolo absorto se sonreíaa
He smiledÉl sonreía

That does reflect holy lovesEsa sí que refleja santos amores
He thought you were the virgin of painCreyó que eras la virgen de los dolores
That's so beautiful that light shinesEsa as que es hermosa que luz destella
And I said to him: Father, this is herY yo le dije: Padre, pues ésta es ella
Forgotten and the priest of his crownOlvidado y el cura de su corona
He said opening his eyes: Nice personDijo abriendo los ojos: Linda persona
If she is good as well as beautiful, may I love you in peaceSi es buena como hermosa, que en paz te quiera
And I told him: Father, if you saw herY yo le dije: Padre si usted la viera