Carmen de España [English translation]

I am Carmen the gypsy,

cigar seller from Seville

and I drive the handsome men of Triana

completely crazy.

But it's not true

that story a French wrote about me

I'd fricassé him

if he ever come back here

and I will use him as a cameo

if he crosses the Pyrenees.

Chorus:

Carmen of Spain... manola,

Carmen of Spain... brave,

Carmen with her flamenco dress,

but always a Christian and decent.

I don't know who Descamillo was,

I don't know any don José

and I don't wield a knife

not even at lunchtime.

I have fire in my... eyelashes

when I look at men,

I am Carmen of Spain

and not the one by Mérimée

and not the one by Mérimée.

I've been sung to in theatres

the same way the Traviata has,

but I warn many people

that I'm likely to be wrong.

Because I'm so fed up

with a fake Carmen

that has nothing to do with me

being on the loose around.

From feet to comb

I'd beat her like a tambourine.

(Chorus)

• Artist:Carmen Sevilla