| La noche estaba fría ayer | Last night was cold—a mirror of abandoned fields, |
| No me podría contener | Desire welled, a storm I could not stem. |
| Fui a tener la chica guapa | I set forth to claim the radiant maid, |
| Que a mi me mirava | Her eyes, like lanterns, fixed upon my form. |
| Que su cuerpo ame | Her body, a garden my longing adores, |
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| Me iva tener con ella yo | I meant to gather her close as night enfolds wheat. |
| Pero su padre es un grande | But her father—he towers, an old oak, stern, immense, |
| Un grande matador | A titan of the ring, blood-scarlet and proud, |
| Un mafioso de Jerez | A shadowed prince from Jerez, shrouded in rumor, |
| Un mafioso de Jerez | A shadowed prince from Jerez, shrouded in rumor. |
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| Ole Maria | Ole, Maria—your name flares like festival flame, |
| Te camelo tia | I burn for you, wild spirit, rare as desert rain. |
| Pide que tu madre no llame la policia | Beg your mother—let her voice not summon law’s cold hand, |
| Anda Maria | Come, Maria—my yearning pulses like a drum. |
| Que te quiero vida | Know that I cherish you—life distilled in a single glance. |
| Tengo muchas ganas de | My hunger is fierce, a wolf before your door, |
| Provar te la tortilla | To taste the warmth you promise, earth and sun in one tortilla. |
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| Dinero | Gold, |
| Dinero | Gold, |
| No tengo dinero | This world grants me no gold, |
| Pero tengo amor Maria | But Maria, my heart is heavy with riches of love. |
| Dinero | Gold, |
| Dinero | Gold, |
| Pide que tu madre no llame la policia | Beg your mother—let her voice not summon law’s cold hand. |
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| Yo he te nombrado mi amor | I have named you beloved—as kings name stars, |
| Te regalado lo mejor | Given you the rarest my soul could glean. |
| La bella flaca yo queria | That slender grace—I craved the willow’s sway, |
| No me he dado ripa | No remorse has chilled my blood, |
| Pa mi baracon | All for my humble hut—a kingdom of longing. |
| Así sufre mi corazón | Thus my heart endures, a wounded bird in its cage, |
| Porque su padre es un grande | For her father stands immense, |
| Un grande | A colossus, |
| Matador | Matador—death’s own dancer. |
| Un mafioso de Jerez | A shadowed prince from Jerez, shrouded in rumor, |
| Un mafioso de Jerez | A shadowed prince from Jerez, shrouded in rumor. |