"De Qué Te Sirve El Saber" | Alegría | Poetic Translations of Flamenco Letras - TRANSLATIÓN #70

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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"De Qué Te Sirve El Saber" | Alegría | Poetic Translations of Flamenco Letras - TRANSLATIÓN #70

Carmen Linares - Cante
Miguel Ángel Cortés, Paco Cortés - Toque
Jesús Heredia - Cajón


¿De qué te sirve el vivir
Y de qué te sirve el saber?
Si luego tú eres un niño
Cuando empiezas a querer
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Mucho presumes
Te vas a poner más alto
Que van las nubes

What is the point of growing wise
What is the use of getting smart
If inside you are still a child
When you start to open your heart
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Floating up so high
Your pride will lift you higher than
The clouds in the sky


Full cante here:    • Carmen Linares - De que te sirve el saber ...  
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