Romance De Valentía

Courageous Romance

Romance De Valentía

It was very little in lifeEra muy poco en la vida
So little, that nothing wasTan poco, que nada era
For not having, he didn't havePor no tener, no tenía
A mother who loved himNi madre que lo quisiera
He was a sad enthusiastEra un triste aficionao
Looking for the opportunityQue buscaba la ocasión
To lock awayDe dejar encerrao
His heart in front of a bullFrente a un toro, el corazón
Courageous romanceRomance de valentía
Written with a white moonEscrito con luna blanca
And grace from AndalusiaY gracia de Andalucía
In the fields of SalamancaEn campos de Salamanca
Charge, beautiful bullEmbiste, toro bonito
Charge, for charityEmbiste, por caridad
I don't give a damn about dyingMorirse me importa un pito
Since no one would cry for mePues nadie me iba a llorar
Here there's no bullring, no manAquí no hay plaza, ni hombre
No suit, tobacco, or goldNi traje, tabaco y oro
Here there's a boy, very manlyAquí hay un niño, muy hombre
Who's in front of a bullQue está delante de un toro
Don't hesitate to kill meEn matarme no repares
I grant you even forgivenessTe concedo hasta el perdón
And since I don't have a motherY ya que no tengo madre
May La Macarena protect meLa Macarena me ampare
If you hang me from a hornSi me cuelgas de un pitón
Every night he would jumpTodas las noches saltaba
Fearlessly, over the fenceSin miedo, la talanquera
And he would gambleY a cara o cruz se jugaba
His whole life on the bullAl toro, la vida entera
Perhaps it was a reddish oneQuizás fuera colorao
The bull that charged himEl bure que lo embistió
And biting his sideY mordiendo su costao
Left him badly woundedMalherido lo dejó
Goodbye, Seville's bullringAdiós, plaza de Sevilla
You'll never see me againYa nunca me habrás de ver
Treading your yellow sandPisar tu arena amarilla
With how much I dreamed of it!¡Con tanto que lo soñé!
Goodbye, silk capeAdiós, capote de seda
You were my companionQue fuiste mi compañero
To die in this fightMorir en esta pelea
Is the mark of a good bullfighterEs cosa de buen torero
Now, dressed in fineryYa, vestido de alamares
The fans won't see meNo ha de verme la afición
And since I don't have a motherY como no tengo madre
May La Macarena protect meLa Macarena me ampare
And give me her blessingY me dé su bendición
And there he stood before the beastY allí quedó ante la fiera
No one saw him fallNinguno le vio caer
No one even prayedNadie rezó tan siquiera
Not even a Hail Mary for himNi un padre nuestro por él
No mountain girlPor él ninguna serrana
Wept dressed in mourning for himLloró de luto vestida
No bellPor él ninguna campana
Tolled as the day dawnedDobló amaneciendo el día
But, instead, among liliesPero, en cambio, entre azucenas
And prickly candlesY entre velas erizas
In San Gil, La MacarenaEn San Gil, la Macarena
Was indeed crying in sorrowSí que lloraba de pena
For the death of the fighterPor la muerte del luchador