La Cigarra (The Cicada) Lyrics in English Linda Ronstadt
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Cigarra (The Cicada) by Linda Ronstadt from Spanish to English.
Ya no me cantes cigarra
Don't sing to me anymore, cicada
Que acabe tu sonsonete
That your little refrain end
Que tu canto aquí en el alma
That your song here in my soul
Como un puñal se me mete
Like a dagger goes into me
Sabiendo que cuando cantas
Knowing that when you sing
Pregonando vas tu muerte
You go proclaiming your death
Marinero marinero
Sailor, sailor
Dime si es verdad que sabes
Tell me if it's true that you know
Porque distinguir no puedo
Because I can't tell apart
Si en el fondo de los mares
If in the depths of the seas
Hay otro color más negro
There’s another color darker
Que el color de mis pesares
Than the color of my sorrows
Ay lalala-ah
Ay lalala-ah
Ay lara-la
Ay lara-la
Ay lara-la
Ay lara-la
Hay otro color más negro
There’s another color darker
Que el color de mis pesares
Than the color of my sorrows
Un palomito al volar
A little dove in flight
Que llevaba el pecho herido
That carried its chest wounded
Ya casi para llorar
Almost about to cry
Me dijo muy afligido
Told me, very distressed
Ya me canso de buscar
I'm already tired of seeking
Un amor correspondido
A requited love
Bajo la sombra de un árbol
Under the shade of a tree
Y al compás de mi guitarra
And to the rhythm of my guitar
Canto alegre este huapango
I gladly sing this huapango
Porque la vida se acaba
Because life ends
Y quiero morir cantando
And I want to die singing
Como muere la cigarra
As the cicada dies
Ay lalala-ah
Ay lalala-ah
Ay lara-la
Ay lara-la
Ay lara-la
Ay lara-la
Y quiero morir cantando
And I want to die singing
Como muere la cigarra
As the cicada dies
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