| Nanas de la cebolla (Nanas) (original) | Nanas de la cebolla (Nanas) (translation) |
|---|---|
| La cebolla es escarcha | onion is frost |
| Cerrada y pobre | closed and poor |
| Escarcha de tus días | Frost of your days |
| Y de mis noches | and of my nights |
| Hambre y cebolla | hunger and onion |
| Hielo negro y escarcha | black ice and frost |
| Grande y redonda | big and round |
| En la cuna del hambre | In the cradle of hunger |
| Mi niño estaba | my boy was |
| Con sangre de cebolla | With onion blood |
| Se amamantaba | he breastfed |
| Pero tu sangre | but your blood |
| Escarchada de azúcar | Frosted with sugar |
| Cebolla y hambre | onion and hunger |
| Una mujer morena | a brunette woman |
| Resuelta en luna | resolved in moon |
| Se derrama hilo a hilo | It spills thread by thread |
| Sobre la cuna | about the crib |
| Ríete, niño | laugh child |
| Que te traigo la luna | I bring you the moon |
| Cuando es preciso | when it is necessary |
| Tu risa me hace libre | your laugh makes me free |
| Me pone alas | gives me wings |
| Soledades me quita | loneliness takes away from me |
| Cárcel me arranca | Jail rips me off |
| Boca que vuela | mouth that flies |
| Corazón que en tus labios | Heart that on your lips |
| Relampaguea | flashes |
| Desperté de ser niño: | I woke up from being a child: |
| Nunca despiertes | never wake up |
| Triste llevo la boca: | Sad I carry my mouth: |
| Ríete siempre | always laugh |
| No te derrumbes | Do not fall apart |
| No sepas lo que pasa ni | You don't know what's going on |
| Lo que ocurre | What happens |
