Bodas Negras
Julio Jaramillo
Black Weddings
Listen to the story that a gravedigger told me one day
An old gravedigger from the region
He was a lover who, by wicked fate
Death snatched away his sweet love
Every night he went to the cemetery
To visit the tomb of his beauty
People whispered with mystery
It's a dead person escaped from the grave
On a dreadful night, he smashed
The marble of the abandoned tomb
He dug the earth and carried in his arms
The rigid skeleton of the beloved
And there in the darkest, more somber darkness
Of a funereal Syrian to the uncertain flame
He sat the cold skeleton by his side
And celebrated his wedding with the dead
He tied the naked bones with ribbons
He crowned the stiff skull with flowers
He filled the horrible mouth with kisses
And smiling, he told her his love
He took the bride to the soft bed
And lay down beside her in love
And forever he fell asleep
Embraced by the rigid skeleton
He tied the naked bones with ribbons
He crowned the stiff skull with flowers
He filled the horrible mouth with kisses
And smiling, he told her his love
He took the bride to the soft bed
And lay down beside her in love
And forever he fell asleep
Embraced by the rigid skeleton
And forever he fell asleep
Embraced by the rigid skeleton
