Monday, March 28, 2011

Torero Quiero Ser (I Want to Be a Toreador)

Torero Quiero Ser I Want to Be a Toreador
Torero quiero sé
y a toreá p’a ti,
q’e yo por ti gitana mía
elante de lô torô
me juego la vía
Torero quiero yo sé p’a ti.
¡Ay mi gitana, te quiero!
¡Soleá de mi vía!
¡De verdá!		I want to be a toreador (i.e. bullfighter),
and (will) fight for you,
I love you, my gypsy (or: traveler) girl,
A livelihood (?) of the bulls,
I play (with) the life (i.e. risk my life).
I want to be a toreador for you.
Oh my gypsy girl, I love you!
Soleá ("Sunshine", the name of a girl) of my life!
Truely ("of truth")!
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2013 at 7:14 AM

    this translation is hilarious

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  2. paulsinSeptember 21, 2013 at 8:16 AM

    These translations are all collected online. If you have a better translation, please kindly let me know and I will post here, many thanks!

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  3. ΜΕΛΙΝΑOctober 11, 2013 at 9:36 PM

    TORERO QUIERO SER MEANS "I WANT TO BE A TOREADOR"

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  4. paulsinOctober 11, 2013 at 10:10 PM

    Thanks! Would you mind translate the whole lyric?

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  5. RMMOctober 17, 2014 at 4:34 AM

    The thing about this number from El Gato Montes is that it is written in an Andalucian dialect. In particular, consonants are often left out. "Sé" is "ser" (to be). "Lô torô" is "los toros" (the bulls), "vía" is "vida" (life), "verdá" is "verdad" (truth). "Soleá" is the name of the tenor's girlfriend in the zarzuela/opera.

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