"Engarzá en Oro y Marfil" | Granaína | Poetic Translations of Flamenco Letras - TRANSLATIÓN #66

Translating poetry is never easy. Flamenco letras can be deep, light, funny or tragic. They can take us to the bottom of despair or give us the strength to continue on the road of a sometimes absurd existence. There you will find anecdotes, advice, moral lessons, threats, praise or criticism, daily life episodes, and jokes. It is an unfathomable repertoire that it is important to understand if we really want to enter the fascinating universe of flamenco. Here is our attempt to transcribe a small part of the richness and subtleties of flamenco lyrics into English.

By Guillermo Guillén and Alyssa Bonilla for FlamencoMaps

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"Engarzá en Oro y Marfil" | Granaína | Poetic Translations of Flamenco Letras - TRANSLATIÓN #66

Antonio Chacón - Cante
Ramón Montoya - Toque

Tú llevas una cruz al cuello
Engarzá (=engarzada) en oro y marfil
Déjame que muera en ella
Y crucificarme allí

You wear a cross around your neck
A gold and ivory prayer
Let me perish in its embrace
And let me be crucified there

Full cante:    • Antonio Chacón – Engarzá en Oro y Marfil  
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