Paisanaje

Fellowship

Paisanaje

The shrimp were flying through buleríasVolaban los camarones por bulerías
Before your songs were so mineAntes de que tus canciones fueran tan mías
You forgive, so yours, so-and-so'sUsted perdone, tan tuyas, tan de fulano
Fatigues and cassocks, long live my brotherFatiguitas y casullas, viva mi hermano

Long live your blonde sister, muse potterViva tu hermana la rubia, musa alfarera
Who sings her petenera under the rainQue canta bajo la lluvia su petenera
Who sings her petenera under the rainQue canta bajo la lluvia su petenera

Her sharp saeta, her mating callSu saeta deslenguada, su grito en celo
Perfumes the dawn with her grapefruitQue aroma la madrugada con su pomelo
Perfumes the dawn with her grapefruitQue aroma la madrugada con su pomelo

Because you were the first among equals in your leapPorque primus interpares era tu brinco
Don't do acrobatic tricks that I'll get youNo hagas ripios malabares que te la jinco
So Albanian Kosovar, so Lydia LozanoTan albano kosovar, tan lydia lozano
So Christian, so vulgar, so chic, so AfghanTan cristiano, tan vulgar, tan chic, tan afgano

So close and so far, to see you and not see youTan vecinos y tan lejos, verte y no verte
So young and so old, death to deathTan jóvenes y tan viejos, muera la muerte
So young and so old, death to deathTan jóvenes y tan viejos, muera la muerte

Others charge for your collection of citiesTu colección de ciudades otros la cobran
I sing my solitudes because I have too manyYo canto mis soledades porque me sobran
I sing my solitudes because I have too manyYo canto mis soledades porque me sobran

Inspiration and women, blonde brunetteInspiración y mujeres, rubia morena
They stick pins in me at the fairMe clavan los alfileres, en la verbena
They stick pins in meMe clavan los alfileres

My niece granddaughter is named LunaMi sobrina nietecita se llama Luna
The tuna guys cut a little pieceSe corten una miajita los de la tuna
Lola told Cupid's fachaLe dijo la lola al facha de don cupido
Agreeing with what he crosses out, his favoriteConsintiendo lo que tacha, su consentido

Charter flight trips, without farewellViajes en vuelo charter, sin despedida
My countrymen tailor suits to fit meMis paisanos cortan trajes a mi medida
My countrymen tailor suits to fit meMis paisanos cortan trajes a mi medida

Joker who goes too far but doesn't arriveVacilón que se propasa pero no llega
My heart is the house of the OrtegasMi corazón es la casa de los ortega
My heart is the house of the OrtegasMi corazón es la casa de los ortega

Not to mention feelings, time and rhythmPor no hablar de sentimientos, tiempo y compás
Feeling is a lament, from BarrabasEl feeling es un lamento, de barrabás
Feeling is a lamentEl feeling es un lamento

Beloved pillow of the heartlessAlmohada enamorada, del desalmado
Almost everything is almost nothing, almost a sinCasi todo es casi nada, casi pecado
Almost everything is almost nothingCasi todo es casi nada