Silver Dagger

Daga de Plata

Silver Dagger

No cantes canciones de amor, despertarás a mi madre
Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
Está durmiendo aquí a mi lado
She's sleeping here right by my side
Y en su mano derecha una daga de plata
And in her right hand a silver dagger,
Dice que no puedo ser tu novia
She says that I can't be your bride.

Todos los hombres son falsos, dice mi madre
All men are false, says my mother,
Te dirán mentiras malvadas y amorosa
They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies.
La noche siguiente, cortezarán a otro
The very next evening, they'll court another,
Te dejo solo a piñar y suspirar
Leave you alone to pine and sigh.

Mi papá es un demonio guapo
My daddy is a handsome devil
Tiene una cadena de cinco millas de largo
He's got a chain five miles long,
Y en cada eslabón un corazón cuelga
And on every link a heart does dangle
De otra doncella que ha amado y tratado injustamente
Of another maid he's loved and wronged.

Ve a la corte a otra doncella
Go court another tender maiden,
Y espero que ella sea tu esposa
And hope that she will be your wife,
Porque he sido advertido, y he decidido
For I've been warned, and I've decided
Dormir sola toda mi vida
To sleep alone all of my life.