Cinco Farolas

Five Streetlights

Cinco Farolas

I don't listen to what they sayYo no escucho lo que dicen
The tongues of the neighborsLas lenguas de vecindonas
Because I already know wellPorque de sobra ya se
For whom their person isPor quien esta su persona

Five blue starsCinco luceros azules
Illuminate five streetlightsAlumbran cinco farolas
From their house to my houseDesde su casa a mi casa
From their mouth to my mouth.Desde su boca a mi boca.

Five years old, how I love herCinco anitos que le quiero
Five years old, how she adores meCinco anitos que me adora
The bad people who know!La mala gente que sabe!
Who know about our things.Que sabe de nuestras cosas.

If I know she loves me, as I love herSi yo se que me quiere, como le quiero
Why give three quarters to the town crierA que darle tres cuartos al pregonero
From her door to my doorDesde su puerta misma hasta mi puerta
The green path, mother, doesn't grow grass... doesn't grow grass.La vereita verde madre, no cría yerba… no cría yerba.

I don't even want to knowYo no quiero ni saberlo
Neighbor, close your mouthVecina, cierre la boca
And don't come to tell meY no me venga a decir
That he's going to marry someone else.Que el va a casarse con otra.

The exact five yearsLos cinco anitos cabales
Loving her hour after hourQueriéndole hora tras hora
Are a rope around my neckSon un cordel en mi cuello
That chokes my throat.Que la garganta me ahoga.

With burning coals, may they burn that mouthCon carbones encendidos, que le quemen esa boca
Of the one who swore so many timesAl que juro tantas veces
That he was for me.Que estaba por mi persona.

The five, five streetlights went outSe apagaron las cinco, cinco farolas
So no one sees me, crying alonePa que nadie me vea, llorando a solas
Oh, what a pity, mother! What a shameAy que penita madre! madre que pena
The green path, full of grassLa vereita verde, cuaja de yerba
Full of grassCuaja de yerba