La Gloria Eres Tú [English translation]

You are the good in my life

That has me in ecstasy

Why deny

That I'm in love with you

With your sweet soul

Which is all feeling.

With those big dark eyes

With a strange glow

That have such power over me

And stir me to love

You're spellbinding

You're my illusion.

God says that glory is in heaven

That it's the consolation of mortals upon death.

I bless God

Because, having you in my life,

I don't need to go to a tissue heaven1

If, my precious one, the glory is you.

God says that glory is in heaven

That it's the consolation of mortals upon death.

I bless God

Because I have you in my life

I don't need to go to a tissue heaven

If, my precious one, the glory is you.

1. There's debate over what this line means. Some think it should be interpreted as "tissue heaven" as I've done here, implying that the promise of heaven is flimsy compared to the earthly delights of his lover. In that case, it'd be similar to the expression in English "a tissue of lies". Others think it was an error of transcription that made it into the recording, and that the intended line was "si tú" (if you) as later remakes of the song have it. Together that would make the lines read "if you, if my precious one, the glory is you." Still others think it's a poetic device that doesn't mean tissue but is simply inversion of sounds for purposes of alliteration. For a debate on the matter (in Spanish), visit: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/tis%C3%BA-cielo-tisu.306488/

• Artist:José Antonio Méndez