Aretha Louise Franklin
(Memphis, Tennessee, 1942 - Detroit, Michigan, 2018)
Cantante, compositora y pianista
SPANISH HARLEM
There's a rose in black at Spanish Harlem,
a rose in black at Spanish Harlem.
It is the special one,
it never sees the sun,
it only comes up
when the moon is on the run
and all the stars are gleaming.
It's growing in the street
right up through the concrete,
but soft, sweet and dreamy.
There is a rose in Spanish Harlem,
a rose in black at Spanish Harlem.
En la versión de Ben E. King la rosa es roja.
Aretha hizo un ligero cambio en la letra al interpretarla
Aretha hizo un ligero cambio en la letra al interpretarla
With eyes as black as coal
that look down in his soul.
It starts a fire there
and then he looses control.
I'm gonna beg his pardon.
He's going to pick that rose
and watch her as she grows
in his garden.
There is a rose in Spanish Harlem,
a rose in black at Spanish Harlem.
that look down in his soul.
It starts a fire there
and then he looses control.
I'm gonna beg his pardon.
He's going to pick that rose
and watch her as she grows
in his garden.
There is a rose in Spanish Harlem,
a rose in black at Spanish Harlem.
With eyes as black as coal
that look down in his soul
and start a fire there
and then he loses control
and I wanna beg his pardon.
He's going to pick that rose
and watch her as she grows
in his garden.
(Canción compuesta por Jerry Leiber y Phil Spector y grabada por Ben E. King en 1960. Ha conocido varias versiones, entre ellas, una de Aretha Franklin en 1970)that look down in his soul
and start a fire there
and then he loses control
and I wanna beg his pardon.
He's going to pick that rose
and watch her as she grows
in his garden.
Aretha recibió un disco de oro por vender
más de un millón de copias de este single
Hay una rosa de color negro
en el barrio latino de Nueva York
conocido como el Harlem.
Es única, nunca ve el sol,
solamente aparece
cuando la luna está en lo alto
y todas las estrellas brillan.
Está creciendo en la calle
de una manera sólida,
pero suave, dulce y soñadora.
Hay una rosa negra en el Harlem español,
una rosa oscura en el Harlem hispano.
Con ojos negros como el carbón
que miran en su profunda alma
para iniciar un fuego abrasador
hasta hacer perder el control
a quien la observa y ama.
Voy a suplicarle delicadeza
a quien se lleve esa rosa
para verla cómo crece
en el jardín de su casa.
(Traducción de Andrés González Déniz)
(The soul queen)
(25 de marzo de 1942 - 16 de agosto de 2018)
Forever you will stay in our hearts
and we'll always say a little prayer for you
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