Ay! Carmela

Ay! Carmela

Ay! Carmela

Oh Carmela, your eyes hurt meAy Carmela, me duelen tus ojos
Sowing stubbleSembrando rastrojos
Cinnamon in the snowCanela en la nieve
Like two caravelsComo dos carabelas
So painted, so childish, so lightTan pintas, tan niñas, tan leves

MiniskirtMinifalda
With a bike on your backCon bici a la espalda
And indiscreet noseY nariz indiscreta
Little more to sayPoco más que decir
It's urgent to surviveUrge sobrevivir
You deserve a poet boyfriendTe mereces un novio poeta

Don't ask me to die for youNo me pidas que muera por ti
What's left of meLo que queda de mí
Is auctioned to the highest bidderSe subasta a la mejor postora
Like a meager mutinyComo un parco motín
On the wretched ship of dawnEn el barco ruín de la aurora

Don't force me to cheer for youNo me obligues a hacerte la ola
Continue on your path aloneSigue sola tu camino
After all, I don't even knowAl fin y al cabo ni sé ni sabo
How much destiny charges usCuánto nos cobra el destino

In the bars of the forumEn los bares del foro
You broke the scriptRompías el guión
Of a movie with a happy endingDe una peli con final feliz
There was no blonde in the chorusNo había rubia en el coro
More parrot-like or more Norma JeanMás loro ni más Norma Jean

And after the fair and schoolY después de la feria y el cole
The hysteria and fearLa histeria y el miedo
If you feel like countingSi te da por contar
Shoulders to cry onHombros donde llorar
You'll have a spare hand and six fingersVa a sobrarte una mano y seis dedos

I don't tire of talking to youNo me canso de hablarte
Even though soon my voiceAunque pronto mi voz
Sounds like a repeated grain of riceSuene a grano de arroz repetido
And abandoning you is playingY desampararte es jugar
With the random fires of oblivionA los fuegos de azar del olvido

Nothing dawns, everything agesNada amanece, todo envejece
Iron your tulle veilPlancha tu velo de tul
Perhaps tomorrow at your windowTal vez mañana a tu ventana
Another blue prince will callLlamé otro príncipe azul

And I don't know howY no sé de qué modo
To stop adoring you without griefDejar de adorarte sin duelo
Between never and who knowsEntre nunca y quién sabe
When you burn your shipsCuando quemes tus naves
Don't lose me the keys to heavenNo me pierdas las llaves del cielo