Today, this first day of February, a letra from Manuel Machado along with a video of Paco de Lucía, La Tana, Duquende, Montse Cortés, Niño Josele, Antonio Serrano, Alain Perez, and El Piraña.
Malagueñas
Manuel Machado
Las penas que tú me das
son penas y no son penas;
que tienen cositas malas,
y tienen cositas buenas.
The sorrows that you give me
they're sorrows and they're not;
they have good aspects,
and they have bad aspects.
You can read the whole poem here.
Here's La Tana singing an adaptation of this letra (at 2 minutes 45 seconds) in Paco de Lucía's Cositas Buenas. (You'll also hear her sing this letra and Montse Cortés sing this one.)
The adaptation goes like this:
Las penas que tú me das
ay no son penas;
que son cositas buenas.
The sorrows that you give me
they're not sorrows;
they're good things.
Read more about how Paco de Lucía (and Camarón) have used and adapted Manuel Machado's verses here.
