Translation of the song Bella artist Pablo Neruda

Spanish

Bella

English translation

Beautiful

Bella,

Beautiful,

como en la piedra fresca

like a fresh stone

del manantial, el agua

from the fountain, the water

abre un ancho relámpago de espuma,

opens a broad lightning flash of foam,

así es la sonrisa en tu rostro,

so is the smile on your face,

bella.

beautiful

Bella,

Beautiful,

de finas manos y delgados pies

with fine hands and slender feet

como un caballito de plata,

like a silver little horse,

andando, flor del mundo,

going, flower of the world,

así te veo,

so I see you,

bella.

beautiful.

Bella,

Beautiful,

con un nido de cobre enmarañado

with a nest of entangled copper

en tu cabeza, un nido

on your head, a nest

color de miel sombría

the color of somber honey

donde mi corazón arde y reposa,

where my heart blazes and takes its rest,

bella.

beautiful.

Bella,

Beautiful,

no te caben los ojos en la cara,

your eyes don't fit in your face,

no te caben los ojos en la tierra.

your eyes don't fit on the Earth.

Hay países, hay ríos

There are countries, there are rivers

en tus ojos,

in your eyes,

mi patria está en tus ojos,

my fatherland is in your eyes,

yo camino por ellos,

I walk through them,

ellos dan luz al mundo

they give light to the world

por donde yo camino,

through which I walk,

bella.

beautiful.

Bella,

Beautiful,

tus senos son como dos panes hechos

your breasts are like two bread loaves made

de tierra cereal y luna de oro,

of cereal land and golden Moon,

bella.

beautiful.

Bella,

Beautiful,

tu cintura

your waist

la hizo mi brazo como un río cuando

my arm made it like a river when

pasó mil años por tu dulce cuerpo,

it passed a thousand years over your sweet body,

bella.

beautiful.

Bella,

Beautiful,

no hay nada como tus caderas,

there is nothing like your hips,

tal vez la tierra tiene

perhaps the Earth has

en algún sitio oculto

in some occult place

la curva y el aroma de tu cuerpo,

the curve and the aroma of your body,

tal vez en algún sitio,

perhaps someplace,

bella.

beautiful.

Bella, mi bella,

Beautiful, my beautiful,

tu voz, tu piel, tus uñas

your voice, your skin, your fingernails

bella, mi bella,

beautiful, my beautiful,

tu ser, tu luz, tu sombra,

your being, your light, your shadow,

bella,

beautiful,

todo eso es mío, bella,

all of that is mine, beautiful,

todo eso es mío, mía,

all of that is mine, mine,

cuando andas o reposas,

when you go about or rest,

cuando cantas o duermes,

when you sing or sleep,

cuando sufres o sueñas,

when you suffer or dream,

siempre,

always,

cuando estás cerca o lejos,

when you are near or far,

siempre,

always,

eres mía, mi bella,

you are mine, beautiful,

siempre.

always.

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