Alegría

Written by Kirsty MacColl and David Ruffy
Kirsty MacColl Alegria

Lyrics

I close my eyes, another dream arrives
Deeper and deeper into the sweet water
Filling my senses with happiness and joy
El Alma es Suyo
Happiness and joy
Alegría
Happiness and joy

* Thanks to noodle – though this is probably known to everyone, the word Alegría means ‘happiness’ or ‘joy’. The line, ‘El alma es suyo.’ is a little difficult in context to translate precisely. It could mean ‘The soul is yours’ but Kirsty would have used ‘tuyo’ IMHO – or, it could mean ‘My (or ‘The’) soul belongs to it’ … which in Spanish makes a lot more sense if she is talking about the water, or the sea? So more smoothly, if generously translated to ‘My soul belongs to the water’ but would be taking a risk with that one.

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