La Canción Más Hermosa Del Mundo [English translation]

I had a button without eyelet, a silkworm,

half of a pair of clown shoes and a soul at the auction,

an "Hispano-Olivetti"1 with cavities, a train with delay,

an "Atleti"2 card, a bottom-glass face3,

a private school, a compass, a brazier table,

a walnut4 or Adam's apple, except a rib,

a diabetic bike, a cumulus, a cirrus, a stratus,

a King Balthazar's camel5, a queen without tomcat,

my Annie Hall, my Gioconda, my Wendy, ladies first,

my Cantinflas, my Snowball, my Three Musketeers,

my Tintin, my yo-yo, my indigo6, my seven of cups7,

the hall where I got you naked without undressing you.

My hide, my treble clef, my wristwatch,

an Ali Baba's lamp inside a top hat,

I didn't know that spring lasted just for one second,

I wanted to compose the most beautiful song of the world.

I wanted to compose the song...

I introduce you my illegitimate grandfather, my single wife,

the godfather who supported me in the Foreign Legion,

my twin brother who is peddlers' master,

Sinbad the Sailor who had a singer nephew,

my fucking whore cousin Carlota and her dachshund,

my leather jacket in coat of mail against misfortune,

butterflies which are hunted in dreams by pimply children,

when they dream of holding Venus de Milo without arms.

I got out of fools percent8, of the story of bussiness,

teaching classes in a school of swan songs,

I got a ride with Simon of Cyrene by Calvary hill,

what would you do if Adelita goes away with an inspector?9

In front of the Cape of Little Hope10 I struck my flag,

if you lose sight of me, wait for me at the waiting list,

I came into a rum bottle from a dying vagabond,

I forgot the lesson when I was returning from a deep coma.

I never could sing in one go

the song of the sea slobber, of the intravenous lightning,

of tears for crying when it be worth,

of pregnant page into the whomb of a globetrotter notepad,

of the ink drop on irate people's anthem.

I wanted to compose the most beautiful song of the world.

1. Famous brand of typewriters2. Nickname for Atlético de Madrid Football Club3. Pun using cara de culo (assface) with gafas de culo de vaso (pebble glasses)4. Nuez is the familiar name for Adam's apple5. camello is the informal name for drug dealer6. blue for washing7. Traditional spanish card suit8. Pun due the similarity of tonto (fool) with tanto por ciento (percentage)9. Adelita is the character of a famous mexican song: http://lyricstranslate.com/es/la-adelita-adelita.html who could goes away with a sargent10. As a contrast with Cape of Good Hope

• Artist:Joaquin Sabina
• Album:Dímelo en la calle