Los niños de la Gabriela [English translation]

Gabriela stays awake, stays awake

Gabriela stays awake, now

Sitting by the fence's gate1

She's gotten sleepy

The fan fell down

From her hand to the ground

On her silver-colored hair

A jasmine shed its pedals

And half awake half asleep

A ray of sun kissed her

That comes from the bullfighting rin2

Rafael is in the Port

Fernando went to Jerez3

The two brothers, by the way

With bulls from Guadalén4

But I have a little sword

That's around my waist

In Córdoba, Joselito

With six bulls of Miura5

The mother is dozing off

They are three nails of sorrow6

Gabriela's Children

But I have a little knife

That is wrapped around my shoulder

In Córdoba, Joselito

With six bulls of Miura

The mother is dozing off

They are three nails of sorrow

Gabriela's Children

1. A door leading to a fenced space2. Otherwise known as "Corrida de toros", it is a term to describe a bullfighting event3. A city in Andalusia4. Guadalén del Caudillo is a town in the Jaén province5. A given name, used also to refer to a long-established family clan dedicated to breeding bulls for bullfighting6. Refers to the three nails on the cross when Jesus died, widely associated with sadness and despair

• Artist:Isabel Pantoja