A la lima y al limón [English translation]

The neighbour across no, no,

she doesn’t have big eyes.

Neither a spike waist, no, no,

neither red blood lips.

No one comes near her bars,

no one knocks at her window.

Only the wind in the night

is who goes round her street.

And the children play

Ring around the Rosie.

Singing this sad chorus

taken by the wind.

To the lemon and the lime,

you have no one who loves you.

To the lemon and the lime,

you will remain single.

What a pity, what a pain. (bis)

the neighbour across

remained single.

She remained single.

To the lemon and the lime.

The neighbour across no, no,

she never loses the hope.

And waits night and day, yes, yes,

for that love that doesn’t appear.

Her friends married,

Her sisters married.

And she, dressed up without fiancee

has remained at the window.

And the children play

Ring around the Rosie.

Singing the same chorus

taken by the wind.

The neighbour across yes, yes,

she married in her thirties,

with a fifty years old man, yes, yes,

who they say he’s a judge.

She shows him in the walks,

she shows him in the theaters.

And always goes down the street

grasping his arm.

And with irony

she always hums,

the old chorus

of the Ring around the Rosie.

To the lemon and the lime,

I have someone who loves me

To the lemon and the lime,

I didn’t remain single.

Now my pain is over. (Bis)

a man called to my door

and I gave him my heart,

and he married me.

To the lemon and the lime.

• Artist:Concha Piquer