| Romance De Curro El Palmo (original) | Romance De Curro El Palmo (translation) |
|---|---|
| La vida y la muerte | Life and death |
| Bordada en la boca | embroidered in the mouth |
| Tenía Merceditas | I had Mary Janes |
| La del guardarropa | The one with the wardrobe |
| La del guardarropa | The one with the wardrobe |
| Del tablao del «lacio» | From the "lacio" tablao |
| Un gitano falso | a fake gypsy |
| Ex-bufón de palacio | Former Palace Jester |
| Alcahuete noble | noble pimp |
| Que al oír los tiros | That when hearing the shots |
| Recogió sus capas | He gathered up his layers |
| Y se pegó el piro | And the pyro hit |
| Se acabó el jaleo | the mess is over |
| Y el racionamiento | and the rationing |
| Le llenó el bolsillo | She filled his pocket |
| Y montó este invento | And he assembled this invention |
| En donde «el palmo» | Where "el span" |
| Lloró cantando | she cried singing |
| Ay, mi amor | Oh my love |
| Sin ti no entiendo el despertar | Without you I don't understand waking up |
| Ay, mi amor | Oh my love |
| Sin ti mi cama es ancha | Without you my bed is wide |
| Ay, mi amor | Oh my love |
| Que me desvela la verdad | that reveals the truth to me |
| Entre tú y yo, la soledad | Between you and me, loneliness |
| Y un manojillo de escarcha | And a handful of frost |
| Mil veces le pide | A thousand times he asks |
| Y mil veces que «nones» | And a thousand times that «nones» |
| De compartir sueños | to share dreams |
| Cama y macarrones | bed and macaroni |
| Le dice burlona | she tells him mockingly |
| «carita gitana | gypsy face |
| Cómo hacer buen vino | how to make good wine |
| De una cepa enana» | From a dwarf strain» |
| Y Curro se muerde | And Curro bites himself |
| Los labios y calla | lips and silence |
| Pues no hizo la mili | Well, she did not do the military |
| Por no dar la talla | For not measuring up |
| Y quien calla, otorga | And who is silent, grants |
| Como dice el dicho | as the saying goes |
| Y curro se muere | And Curro dies |
| Por ese mal bicho | for that bad bug |
| ¡ay! | Oh! |
| quién fuese abrigo | who was coat |
| Pa' andar contigo | To walk with you |
| Buscando el olvido | looking for oblivion |
| Se dio a la bebida | she took to drink |
| Al mus, las quinielas | Al mus, the pools |
| Y en horas perdidas | And in wasted hours |
| Se leyó enterito | He read himself whole |
| A don Marcial Lafuente | To Don Marcial Lafuente |
| Por no ir tras su paso | For not going after him |
| Como un penitente | like a penitent |
| Y una noche, mientras | And one night, while |
| Palmeaba farrucas | He clapped farrucas |
| Se escapó Mercedes | Mercedes escaped |
| Con un «curapupas» | With a "curapupas" |
| De clínica propia | From own clinic |
| Y Rolls de contrabando | And Bootleg Rolls |
| Y entre palma y palma | And between palm and palm |
| Curro fue palmando | Curro was clapping |
| Entre cantares | between songs |
| Por soleares | by sunbathing |
| Quizá fue la pena | maybe it was worth it |
| O falta de hierro | Or lack of iron |
| El caso es que un día | The thing is that one day |
| Nos tocó ir de entierro | She had to go to the funeral |
| Pésames y flores | condolences and flowers |
| Y una lagrimita | and a little tear |
| Que dejó ir la Patro | That the Patro let go |
| Al cerrar la cajita | When closing the box |
| A mano derecha | right hand |
| Según se va al cielo | As she goes to heaven |
| Veréis un tablao | You will see a tablao |
| Que montó frascuelo | that she rode Frascuelo |
| En donde cada noche | where every night |
| Pa' las buenas almas | For the good souls |
| El currito «el palmo» | The currito «el span» |
| Sigue dando palmas | keep clapping |
| Y canta sus males | and sing their ills |
| Por «celestiales» | for "heavenly" |
