"Ana María a tu novio" | Fandango de Lucena | Poetic Translations of Flamenco Letras-TRANSLATIÓN #77

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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"Ana María a tu novio" | Fandango de Lucena | Poetic Translations of Flamenco Letras - TRANSLATIÓN #77

Carmen Linares - Cante
José Antonio Rodríguez - Toque


Ana Maria, a tu novio
Me lo encontré en la Barrera*
Y le he dado de beber
Agua de la fuente nueva
Porque vi que tenía sed

Ana Maria, your boyfriend
I met him in the neighborhood
I gave him fresh water to sip
From the new fountain, thought I should
To quench his thirst and wet his lips

*La Barrera is a neighborhood of Lucena


Full cante:    • Carmen Linares -Yo te abrí mi Corazón (fan...  
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