La Lirio [English translation]

"La Bizcocha" has in Cadiz a coffee house for sailors, 1.

and in that "café" there is a girl the color of a dark lily.

Lily they call her by name

and that name fits her well,

for a love affair, love affair,

she has purple circles around her eyes.

And from Cadiz to Almería, 2.

with husky voice 'cause of brandy,

all the sailmen sing:

(Refrain)

The Lily, The Lily has,

has a love pain, The Lily,

and her temples have turned

purpulish of so much suffering.

They say it was for a man,

they say it may have been two,

but the truth of the story ¡oh my Lord of torment!

only La Lyrio and God know.

"To the sea, tieds, and to the virgen, candles;

and for pains, ¡mather of my soul!

for black love pains, the ones La Lirio has.

A man came from Cuba,

and to the Bizcocha he paid

fifty gold coins

for that purple lily,

for that purple lily.

They say that it was a philter 3.

of mint and sesame seed,

that it was a moonlite night,

that was an April afternnon...

And from Cadiz to Almería

the boy friend of Lirio sings

with anguish and grieved voice...

(Refrain)

• Artist:Concha Piquer