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El Emigrante |
The
Emigrant (Juanito Valderrama) I'm going to make a rosary Out of your ivory teeth So I can kiss it When I'm far away from you Over your divine beads Made with spikenard and jasmine I'll pray for protection From the one in San Gil * Goodbye by beloved Spain In my soul I'll keep you. And although I'm an emigrant Never in my life Will I be able to forget you When I left my land I turned my face, crying Because what I loved most I was leaving behind I took as a travelling companion My Virgin of San Gil * A memory and a sorrow And an ivory rosary Goodbye by beloved Spain In my soul I'll keep you. And although I'm an emigrant Never in my life Will I be able to forget you I am a poor emigrant And I bring to this strange land In my chest, a banner With the cheer of Spain With my native country and my girlfriend And my Virgin of San Gil And my rosary of beads I would like to die. |
Lyrics Translated by Alan Smith Robertson, Song Translator
Editor's note: * San Gil is believed to refer to a city in Colombia- maybe the place where the emigrant is escaping to- although other interpretations of the song indicate it refers to Saint Giles, a French hermit from the 7th century & patron saint of cripples due to the fact that he was seriously injured by the King's hunters.
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