
ROSALÍA
La hija de Juan Simón lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Latin Pop
- Length
- 4:10
Cuando acabé mi condena
When I finished my sentence
Cuando acabé mi condena
When I finished my sentence
Me vi muy solo y perdido
I found myself very lonely and lost
Ella se murió de pena y yo
She died of sorrow and I
Quién la culpa si yo sé que murió siendo buena
Who’s to blame if I know she died being good
Ella se murió de pena y yo
She died of sorrow and I
Quién la culpa si yo sé que murió siendo buena
Who’s to blame if I know she died being good
La enterraron por la tarde
They buried her in the afternoon
A la hija de Juan Simón
The daughter of Juan Simón
Y era Simón en el pueblo
And it was Simón in the village
Y era Simón en el pueblo el único enterrador
And it was Simón in the village, the only gravedigger
Y como en una mano llevaba la pala
And as he held the shovel in one hand
Y en el hombro el azadón
And the hoe on his shoulder
Y algo le preguntaban
And they would ask him something
Y todos le preguntaban "¿De dónde vienes Juan Simón?"
And everyone asked him, 'Where do you come from, Juan Simón?'
Soy enterrador y vengo
I'm a gravedigger and I come
Soy enterrador
I'm a gravedigger
Y vengo de enterrar
And I come from burying
A mi corazón
My heart
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Key vocabulary
- cuando
- whenB1
- acabé
- ended
- vi
- I sawA2
- buena
- goodA2
- enterraron
- buried
- hija
- daughterA2
- único
- onlyA2
- quién
- whoA1
- todos
- everyoneA1
- corazón
- heartB1
About this song
Flouting genre conventions while exploring silence and space as much as sound, ROSALÍA has remade flamenco and pop in the process.