Menos Dos Alas

Minus Two Wings

Menos Dos Alas

González was an angel minus two wingsGonzález era un ángel menos dos alas
Gonzalez was a saint in a civil wayGonzalez era un santo por lo civil
A dandy with an eye for the dark sideUn dandy con un ojo a la funerala
So red, so traditional and so mischievousTan rojo, tan castizo y tan zascandil

He spun in the seedy jointsHilaba en los garitos de mala nota
Machín's boleros with Juanín de MieresBoleros de Machín con Juanín de Mieres
Savoring those whiskeys in which floatApurando esos whiskys en los que flotan
The Moon of the harlots and the croupiersLa Luna de las golfas y los crupieres

When he returned from abroadCuando volvía del extranjero
So foreignTan forastero
At two it wasn't daytimeA las dos no era de día
At six it was already nightA las seis ya era de noche
Ask for a carPídame un coche
Smoking I waitFumando espero
And the waiters applauded himY le aplaudían los camareros

Autumns and other lights, bread with festivitiesOtoños y otras luces, pan con verbenas
His Prince of Wales, so CortefielSu príncipe de Gales, tan Cortefiel
Treatise on urban planning, Juan de MairenaTratado de urbanismo, Juan de Mairena
Chicana, magdalena, ink and paperChicana, magdalena, tinta y papel

Green with the shame he didn't haveVerde por la vergüenza que no tenía
He even helped Charon burn his shipsHasta ayudó a Caronte a quemar sus naves
He said that dying wasn't so seriousDecía que morirse no era tan grave
And he agonized quietly out of courtesyY agonizó en voz baja por cortesía

When he returned from abroadCuando volvía del extranjero
So foreignTan forastero
At two it wasn't daytimeA las dos no era de día
At six it was already nightA las seis ya era de noche
Ask for a carPídame un coche
Smoking I waitFumando espero
And the waiters applauded himY le aplaudían los camareros