Translation of the song lyrics Al pie de Santa Cruz - Carlos Gardel

Al pie de Santa Cruz - Carlos Gardel
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Al pie de Santa Cruz , by -Carlos Gardel
Song from the album The History of Tango - Carlos Gardel Volume 4 / Recordings 1926 - 1933
in the genreЛатиноамериканская музыка
Release date:19.12.2009
Song language:Spanish
Record labelBlack Round
Al pie de Santa Cruz (original)Al pie de Santa Cruz (translation)
Declaran la huelga They declare the strike
Hay hambre en las casas There is hunger in the houses
Es mucho el trabajo It's a lot of work
Y poco el jornal; And little the wage;
Y en ese entrevero And in that interlude
De lucha sangrienta of bloody fight
Se venga de un hombre take revenge on a man
La Ley Patronal The Employer Law
Los viejos no saben old people don't know
Que lo condenaron that he was sentenced
Pues miente, piadosa Well lie, merciful
Su pobre mujer his poor wife
Quizás un milagro maybe a miracle
Le lleve el indulto take him pardon
Y vuelva en su casa And go back to your house
La dicha de ayer yesterday's bliss
Mientras tanto In the meantime
Al pie de la santa Cruz At the foot of the Holy Cross
Una anciana desolada a lonely old woman
Llorando implora a Jesús: Crying, she implores Jesus:
«Por tus llagas que son santas «By your wounds that are holy
Por mi pena y mi dolor For my sorrow and my pain
Ten piedad de nuestro hijo have mercy on our son
¡Protégelo, Señor!» Protect him, Lord!"
Y el anciano and the old man
Que no sabe ya rezar That he no longer knows how to pray
Con acento tembloroso with trembling accent
También protesta a la par: He also protests at the same time:
«¿Qué mal te hicimos nosotros "What harm did we do to you?
Pa' darnos tanto dolor?» To give us so much pain?»
Y, a su vez, dice la anciana: And, in turn, the old woman says:
«¡Protégelo, Señor…» "Protect him, Lord..."
Los pies engrillados the shackled feet
Cruzó la planchada crossed the gangplank
La esposa lo mira The wife looks at him
Quisiera gritar… I would like to scream...
Y el pibe inocente And the innocent kid
Que lleva en los brazos that he carries in his arms
Le dice llorando: She tells him crying:
«¡Yo quiero a papá¡» «I love daddy»
Largaron amarras They cast moorings
Y el último cabo and the last cape
Vibró, al desprenderse He vibrated, breaking away
En todo su ser in your whole being
Se pierde de vista he loses sight
La nave maldita the cursed ship
Y cae desmayada And she falls unconscious
La pobre mujer… The poor woman...
Mientras tanto In the meantime
Al pie de la Santa Cruz At the foot of the Holy Cross
Una anciana desolada a lonely old woman
Llorando implora a Jesús: Crying, she implores Jesus:
-«¿Qué mal te hicimos nosotros - «What harm did we do to you?
Pa' darnos tanto dolor? To give us so much pain?
Ten piedad de nuestro hijo have mercy on our son
¡Protégelo, Señor!»Protect him, Lord!"
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