Manuela Canta Saetas

Manuela Sings Saetas

Manuela Canta Saetas

It's not even daybreak yetAún no se ha hecho ni de día
and Manuela is already watering her patio with joy,y Manuela ya baldea su patio con alegría,
and hums while sweeping one of Lole and Manuel's,y tararea al barrer una de Lole y Manuel,
but it sounds so broken, sounds like ruin and cane,pero suena tan quebrá, suena a ruina y a cañá,
sounds like the urge to cry,suena a ganas de llorar,

even her eyes have sunflowerstiene en los ojos girasoles
that don't know about poet's phrases, no sir,que no saben de frases de poetas, no señor,
that go without rhyme or reason when Manuela sings saetas,que van sin ton ni son cuando Manuela canta saetas,
she sings saetascanta saetas
that go without rhyme or reason when Manuela sings saetas,que van sin ton ni son cuando Manuela canta saetas,
she sings saetas,canta saetas,

her steps still sparkaún echan chispas sus andares
despite years lost around bends and olive groves,a pesar de años perdidos por recodos y olivares,
she taps her feet as she walks, says she hasn't seen the sea,taconea al caminar, cuenta que no ha visto el mar,
that she heard it in seashells that seemed to singque lo ha oído en caracolas que parecían cantar
fandangos of solitude,fandangos de soledad,

she has sunflowers in her eyes,tiene en los ojos girasoles,
that don't know about poet's phrases, no sir,que no saben de frases de poetas, no señor,
that go without rhyme or reason when Manuela sings saetas,que van sin ton ni son cuando Manuela canta saetas,
she sings saetas,canta saetas,
that go without rhyme or reason when Manuela sings saetas,que van sin ton ni son cuando Manuela canta saetas,
she singscanta

her steps still sparkaún echan chispas sus andares
despite years lost around bends and olive groves,a pesar de años perdidos por recodos y olivares,
she taps her feet as she walks, says she hasn't seen the sea,taconea al caminar, cuenta que no ha visto el mar,
that she heard it in seashells that seemed to singque lo ha oído en caracolas que parecían cantar
fandangos of solitudefandangos de soledad