La Niña de La Estación
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The Girl from the Station
"Sighs are air and go into the air,
tears are water and go into the sea."
Tell me, woman, when a love leaves,
do you know where it goes?
She descended every day
from her house to the station
with a book in her hands
by Becquer or Campoamor.
She was slim and dark,
she had a slim waist,
and Miss Adelina was
more sentimental than a glove.
And as watching trains pass by
was her passion,
in the town they called her
"The Girl from the Station"
Chorus
Goodbye, sir, have a good trip!
Goodbye, enjoy yourself!
Regards to the family!
Write to me upon arrival!
Send me the umbrella!
Don't forget "La Ilustración"!
And don't forget they call me
The Girl from the Station!
II
"The dark swallows will return
to hang their nests on my balcony",
but that mailman,
he will not return.
The express train derailed
one April morning
and that derailment
made Adelina happy.
She bandaged his forehead
and cared for him like a child,
and he, who was handsome and brave,
sweared eternal love to her.
And then when at night
he had to leave with the train,
with a voice like quince jelly
he said to the young man:
Chorus
Goodbye, my love, have a good trip!
Goodbye, take care!
Regards to your family!
Write to me upon arrival!
Don't forget the portrait,
send me "La Ilustración",
and don't forget that "The Girl from the Station" awaits you.
III
"My letter, which is happy, as it goes to find you,
will tell you about my memory."
That woman is me, who waiting for you,
stayed at the station, frozen and cold.
Months and months passed
and that gallant did not return,
and Adelina married
the station master.
But with such bad luck
that, two days after the event,
her poor husband died
from two chest anginas.
And the poor woman, half crazy,
believing she was at the station,
when they were taking him away,
sang to the corpse:
Chorus
Goodbye, my love, have a good trip!
Goodbye, enjoy yourself!
Regards to the family!
Write to me upon arrival!
Don't forget the portrait,
send me "La Ilustración",
and don't delay, my love,
because it's cold at the station.
