La farolera
La farolera
The Lamplightress
Canción infantil
Children's Song
(Spanish)
(English)
La farolera tropezó,
en la calle se cayó,
y al pasar por un cuartel
se enamoró de un coronel.
Alcen las banderas
para que pase la farolera
de la puerta del sol,
sube la escalera y enciende el farol,
a la media noche me puse a contar
y todas las cuentas me salieron mal.
Dos y dos son cuatro,
cuatro y dos son seis,
seis y dos son ocho y ocho dieciséis
y ocho veinticuatro
y ocho treinta y dos,
ánima bendita me arrodillo en vos.
The lamplightress stumbled,
She fell down in the street,
As she passed by some barracks
She fell in love with a colonel.
Raise up the flags
So she can pass, the lamplightress
From the Gate of the Sun.
She goes up the ladder and lights the light,
At midnight, I started to reckon
But the reckonings went wrong.
Two and two are four,
Four and two are six,
Six and two are eight, and eight sixteen
And eight twenty-four
And eight thirty-two
Blessed soul, I kneel down before you.
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Susana Mariscal, Daniel Dorado and Joaquin Dorado for contributing this song and to Monique Palomares for translating it.
¡Muchas gracias!
