Remedios La Bella - Modena City Ramblers

Era nata racchiusa in un raggio di sole

E in un volo di farfalle dorate

E i suoi occhi di brace e i capelli d’argento

Illuminavano la notte antillante

L' indovino diceva che Remedios la bella

Era un dono mandato dal cielo

Dopo anni di fame e di schiene piegate

Per la gente di Santa Maria

La lala lala il cielo ha portato Remedios la bella

La lala lala il cielo l’ha presa e l’ha portata qui

Il tempo passava, perduto tra i filtri

E gli unguenti di Melchiade il gitano

Nella piazza affollata di gabbie di uccelli

Di frittelle e di uova d’iguana

Remedios la bella camminava leggera

Come un angelo caduto per caso

Fra i turisti stranieri e le grida dei galli

Nel mercato di Santa Maria

Lalalalala il cielo ha portato Remedios la bella

Lalalalala il cielo l’ha presa e l’ha portata qui

Un raggio di luce ha accecato il Caribe

E Remedios la bella è volata

Col vestito di stracci gonfiato dal vento

E una pioggia di farfalle dorate

E la gente guardava il buco nel cielo

Mentre donna Esperanza pregava

«Non è posto per gli angeli un banco di spezie

Nel mercato di Santa Maria»

Lalalalala il cielo ha rapito Remedios la bella

Lalalalala il cielo l’ha presa e l’ha portata qui

She was born enclosed in a ray of sunshine

And in a flight of golden butterflies

And hers her eyes of embers and her hair of silver

They lit up the antillating night

The soothsayer said that Remedios the beautiful

She was a gift from heaven

After years of hunger and bent backs

For the people of Santa Maria

The lala lala the sky brought Remedios the beautiful

The lala lala heaven took it and brought it here

Time passed, lost in the filters

And the ointments of Melchiade the gypsy

In the square crowded with bird cages

Of pancakes and iguana eggs

Remedios the Beauty walked lightly

Like an angel who fell by chance

Among the foreign tourists and the cries of roosters

In the Santa Maria market

Lalalalala the sky brought Remedios the beautiful

Heaven took her and brought her here

A ray of light blinded the Caribbean

And Remedios the beauty flew

In the wind-blown rag dress

And a shower of golden butterflies

And people looked at the hole in the sky

While Donna Esperanza prayed

“There is no place for angels to have a spice stand

In the Santa Maria market "

Lalalalala the sky has kidnapped Remedios the beautiful

Heaven took her and brought her here