Limosna de Amores

Alms of Love

Limosna de Amores

I should have been a mountain and cut my veins,Yo debí serrano cortarme las venas,
When before the laments of one of my songsCuando ante los ayes d euna copla mía
You put my dark skin in suspensePusiste en vilo mi carne morena
With words I didn't know.Con unas palabras que no conocía.
Just thinking about it gives me chills.Sólo de pensarlo me da escalofrío.
How blind I was!¡que ciega que fui!
When with your eyes, looking into mine,Cuando con tus ojos, mirando los míos,
You said like this:Dijiste así:

Give me alms of love.Dame limosna de amores.
Pains,Dolores,
Give it to me out of charityDámela por caridad
Put some flowers on my cross,Pon en mi cruz unas flores,
Pains,Dolores,
And God will repay you.Y dios te lo pagará.
Don't deny me, my mountain girl, the water to drink.No me niegues mi serrana el aguita para beber.
Have mercy, Samaritan, on the bitterness of my being.Ten piedad samaritana de lo amargo de mi ser.
Don't you feel sorry that I cry?¿no te da pena que llore?
Pains,Dolores,
Don't you feel sorry for me?¿no te da pena de mi?
Give me alms of love,Dame limosna de amores,
Give it to me, my painsDámela tu mi dolores
Because I'm going to die.Porque me voy a morir.

I don't need your poor wealth,Yo no necesito tus pobres caudales,
Nor do I want you to fulfill that oath;Ni quiero que cumplas aquel juramento;
It is enough and more than enough for me that you cry rivers,Me basta y me sobra que llores canales,
Eaten by sorrow and remorse.Comido de pena y de remordimiento.
But what you will never, ever in your lifePero lo que nunca jamás de la vida
Be able to knowPodrás tu saber
Is that until the moment I am in agonyEs que hasta el momento que esté en la agonía
I will love you.Te habré de querer.