For Mariñela

Mariñelaren Zai

The blacksmith had a daughterArotzak zuen alaba bat
The most beautiful in the townZan herriko xarmangarriena
Two men wanted to be her masterBi gizonek nahi zuten jabe izan
How to tell her about her heart?Haren bihotzaz nola esan?
What's wrong, what's wrong, my daughter?Zer dun, zer dun, ene alaba?
I love Mariñela, fatherMarinela maite dut aita
Don't you understand? It's impossible!Ez al dun ulertzen? Ezinezkoa da!
She is engaged to another, my loveJauntxoa da hiretzat maitia

Then all were happyOrduan egarriak denak ziren bat
Except for the rejected loveMaitasun ukatuarentzat
The father comes looking for herJauntxoa dator hire esku bila
Mariñela goes to IrelandMarinela Irlandara doa
That's how it was, forced marriageHala izan tzan, ezkontz behartua
There were no riches thereAberatsik ez ziren han
And everyone danced, everyone happyTa guztiak dantzan, guztiak alai
Forgetting different lovesMail ezberdinak ahaztuaz

What's wrong, what's wrong, my daughter?Zer dun, zer dun, ene alaba?
I love Mariñela, fatherMarinela maite dut, aita
Don't you understand? It's impossibleEz al dun ulertzen? Ezinezkoa da
You are the wife of another man!Jauntxoaren emaztea zara!
Today we can still seeGaur egun oraindik ikus dezakegu
That daughter at the windowAlaba hura leihoan
Waiting for MariñelaMarinelaren zai, zai
In the seaItsasoan du itxaropena