Joan Manuel Serrat — La Saeta song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "La Saeta" by Joan Manuel Serrat.
Lyrics
Dijo una voz popular:
Quin me presta una escalera
para subir al madero
para quitarle los clavos
a Jess el Nazareno?
Oh, la saeta, el cantar
al Cristo de los Gitanos
siempre con sangre en las manos,
siempre por desenclavar.
Cantar del pueblo andaluz
que todas las primaveras
anda pidiendo escaleras
para subir a la cruz.
Cantar de la tierra ma que echa flores
al Jess de la agona
y es la fe de mis mayores
Oh, no eres t mi cantar
no puedo cantar, ni quiero
a este Jess del madero,
sino al que anduvo en la mar!
Lyrics translation
Said a popular voice:
Quin lends me a ladder
to climb the wood
to remove the nails
Jess the Nazarene?
Oh, the Arrow, The Singing
to the Christ of the Gypsies
always with blood on your hands,
always to unlock.
Singing of the Andalusian people
that every spring
he's asking for stairs.
to climb the cross.
Singing of the land Ma that casts flowers
to Jess of agona
and it is the faith of my elders
Oh, you're not my singing
I can't sing, I don't want to sing.
this Jess of the wood,
but the one who walked in the sea!