Joan Manuel Serrat "Fiesta" lyrics

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Fiesta

Gloria a Dios en las alturas,recogieron las basurasde mi calle, ayer a oscurasy hoy sembrada de bombillas.

Y colgaron de un cordelde esquina a esquina un cartely banderas de papelverdes, rojas y amarillas.

Y al darles el sol la espaldarevolotean las faldasbajo un manto de guirnaldaspara que el cielo no vea,

en la noche de San Juan,cómo comparten su pan,su tortilla y su gabán,gentes de cien mil raleas.

Apuradque allí os espero si queréis venirpues cae la noche y ya se vannuestras miserias a dormir.

Vamos subiendo la cuestaque arriba mi callese vistió de fiesta.

Hoy el noble y el villano,el prohombre y el gusanobailan y se dan la manosin importarles la facha.

Juntos los encuentra el sola la sombra de un farolempapados en alcoholabrazando a una muchacha.

Y con la resaca a cuestasvuelve el pobre a su pobreza,vuelve el rico a su riquezay el señor cura a sus misas.

Se despertó el bien y el malla pobre vuelve al portal,la rica vuelve al rosal,y el avaro a las divisas.

Se acabó,el sol nos dice que llegó el final,por una noche se olvidóque cada uno es cada cual.

Vamos bajando la cuestaque arriba en mi callese acabó la fiesta.

Celebration*

Glory to God in the highest,they collected the garbagefrom my street, yesterday in darknessand today sown in lights.

And they hung on a cordfrom corner to corner a posterand flags of paperlilac, red and yellow.

And turning their back to the Sunthe ladies swirl aroundbeneath a canopy of garlandso that the sky isn't seen,

on the night of Saint John,how they share their bread,their woman and their overcoat,peoples of a hundred thousand kinds.

Hurry upthat here I'm waiting for you if you want to comebecause night falls and already they goour miseries to sleep.

Let's go heading up the hillthat up on my hillit's dressed of celebration.

Now the noble and the villainthe outstanding and the wormdance and take each others' handwithout the fascist caring.

Together the Sun finds themat the shadow of a lamp-postdrenched in alcoholfeeling-up a woman.

And overwhelmed with hangoverthe poor returns to his povertythe rich returns to his wealthand the lordly priest to his Masses.

The good and the bad woke upthe poor slut to front doorthe rich slut to the rose bushand the miser to his exchanges.

It's over,the Sun tells us that the final arrivedfor a night it was forgottenthat each one is how he is.

Let's go heading down the hillthat up on my streetthe celebration is over.

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