| Era feliz en su matrimonio
| He was happy in his marriage
|
| Aunque su marido era el mismo demonio
| Although her husband was the same devil
|
| Tenía el hombre un poco de mal genio
| She had a bit of a temper man
|
| Ella se quejaba de que nunca fue tierno
| She complained that he was never tender
|
| Desde hace ya más de tres años
| For more than three years now
|
| Recibe cartas de un extraño
| She receives letters from a stranger
|
| Cartas llenas de poesía
| letters full of poetry
|
| Que le han devuelto la alegría
| That they have returned the joy
|
| A veces sueña y se imagina
| She sometimes dreams and imagines
|
| Cómo será aquel que tanto la estima
| How will he be who esteems her so much
|
| Sería un hombre más bien de pelo cano
| She would be a rather gray-haired man
|
| Sonrisa abierta y ternura en sus manos
| Open smile and tenderness in his hands
|
| No sabe quién sufre en silencio
| She doesn't know who she suffers in silence
|
| ¿Quién puede ser su amor secreto?
| Who can be her secret love of hers?
|
| Y vive así de día en día
| And she lives like this from day to day
|
| Con la ilusión de ser querida
| With the illusion of being loved
|
| Ser querida
| be wanted
|
| ¿Quién le escribía versos, dime quién era?
| Who wrote verses for her, tell me who was she?
|
| ¿Quién le mandaba flores por primavera?
| Who sent you flowers in spring?
|
| Y cada de 9 de noviembre
| And every November 9
|
| Sin sobre y sin tarjeta
| No envelope and no card
|
| Le mandaba un ramito de violetas
| She sent him a bouquet of violets
|
| De violetas
| of violets
|
| Y cada tarde al volver su esposo
| And every afternoon when her husband returns
|
| Cansado del trabajo la mira de reojo
| Tired of work he looks askance at her
|
| No dice nada porque él lo sabe todo
| She doesn't say anything because he knows everything
|
| Sabes que es feliz así de cualquier modo
| You know he's happy like that anyway
|
| Él es quién le escribe versos
| He is the one who writes verses
|
| Él, su amante, su amor secreto
| He, her lover her, her secret love
|
| Y ella que no sabe nada
| And she doesn't know anything
|
| Mira a su marido y luego se calla
| Look at her husband from her and then she shuts up
|
| ¿Quién le escribía versos, dime quién era? | Who wrote verses for her, tell me who was she? |
| ¿Quién le manda flores por primavera?
| Who sends you flowers in spring?
|
| Y cada de 9 de noviembre
| And every November 9
|
| Sin sobre y sin tarjeta
| No envelope and no card
|
| Le mandaba un ramito de violetas
| She sent him a bouquet of violets
|
| Violetas, violetas (Violetas, violetas) | Violets, violets (Violets, violets) |