Carmen

From a lowly cradle with a virgin's name
Under the moon, all the saints bless her
Badly married, not even living together, or so they say
She's got bad luck, bad temper, like all her lineage

At dawn, after the work, a prayer
Angry with Christ, she kisses the medal around her neck
Dressed in polka dots and flowers on her handkerchief
A sip to the ground and forward, no time for mourning

Accustomed to adding a little more to the pot
She eats her blood, eats her street and the whole neighborhood
Carmen knows about pains, about the love of her women
About the bad of the night and the poison

With those steps they know what she was like when young
They recognize her songs in the streets by the Lole
She dirties her hands so no mother cries
She cuts the sacks and the anger of the poor comes out, ole

They say nothing hurts her
Because they don't see her cry
And to your heart and hers
They must have listened

Carmen is a fire of air
No one can stop her
Carmen, Carmen, Carmen
Carmen is a fire of air
No one can stop her
Carmen, Carmen, Carmen

She's not afraid, she's been in hell already
She danced on that devil's grave
For a few coins she warmed the winters
And for her mom, the kids
Never lacked

Now in her house love, in the street respect
She earns her living at 5 and goes down to the park with her grandson
She's earned her place, the rest better watch out
No one touches them, Carmen's family
The doors of her house wide open
So the gypsy women come to ask for advice
She takes out the coffee and a notebook for the accounts
She says shared knowledge goes further
With a wrinkled forehead, she no longer thinks of going back
Scent of rosemary and money kept in her bra
The vestiges of yesterday no longer hurt
With her loved ones, she throws a carnation into the river

They say everything hurts her
And at dawn they see her cry
If the heart hurts you
Oh, you have to listen

Carmen is a fire of air
No one can stop her
Carmen, Carmen, Carmen
Carmen is a fire of air
No one can stop her
Carmen, Carmen, Carmen
Carmen is a fire of air
No one can stop her

Carmen, Carmen, Carmen
Carmen is a fire of air
No one can stop her
Carmen, Carmen, Carmen
Carmen is a fire of air
No one can stop her
Carmen, Carmen, Carmen
Carmen is a fire of air
No one can stop her
Carmen, Carmen, Carmen