Letra 'Scarborough fair' de 'Popular Americana' traducida al español

1. Can you make me a cambric shirt,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Without any seam or needlework?
And you shall be a true lover of mine.

Can you wash it in yonder well,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Which never sprung water, nor rain ever fell?
And you shall be a true lover of mine.

Can you dry it on yonder thorn,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Which never bore blossom since Adam was born?
And you shall be a true lover of mine.

Now you have asked me questions three,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
I hope you'll answer as many for me,
And you shall be a true lover of mine.

Can you find me an acre of land,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Between the salt water and the sea-sand?
And you shall be a true lover of mine.

Can you plough it with a ram's horn,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
And sow it all over with one peppercorn?
And you shall be a true lover of mine.

Can you reap it with a sickle of leather,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
And bind it up with a peacock's feather?
And you shall be a true lover of mine.

When you have done and finished your work,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Then come to me for your cambric shirt,
And you shall be a true lover of mine.


1. Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
For once she was a true love of mine.

Have her make me a cambric shirt
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Without a seam or fine needle work
And then she'll be a true love of mine.

Have her wash it in yonder dry well
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Where ne'er a drop of water e'er fell
And then she'll be a true love of mine.

Have her find me an acre of land
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Between the sea and over the sand
And then she'll be a true love of mine.

Plow the land with the horn of a lamb
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Then sow some seeds from north of the dam
And then she'll be a true love of mine.

If she tells me she can't, I'll reply
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Let me know that at least she will try
And then she'll be a true love of mine.

Love imposes impossible tasks
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Though not more than any heart asks
And I must know she's a true love of mine.

Dear, when thou hast finished thy task
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Come to me, my hand for to ask
For thou then art a true love of mine.

1. ¿Me puede una camisa de batista hacer,
Perejil, salvia, romero y tomillo,
Sin ningún tipo de costura o de costura?
Y serás un verdadero amante de la mía.

¿Se puede lavar en allí a la vista, así,
Perejil, salvia, romero y tomillo,
Qué nunca brotó agua, ni la lluvia nunca cayó?
Y serás un verdadero amante de la mía.

¿Se puede secar en espina allá,
Perejil, salvia, romero y tomillo,
¿Qué no engendraron flor desde el nacimiento de Adán?
Y serás un verdadero amante de la mía.

Ahora me han hecho preguntas tres,
Perejil, salvia, romero y tomillo,
Espero que responder a tantas para mí,
Y serás un verdadero amante de la mía.

¿Puedes encontrar un acre de tierra,
Perejil, salvia, romero y tomillo,
Entre el agua salada y la arena de mar?
Y serás un verdadero amante de la mía.

¿Se puede arar con un cuerno de carnero,
Perejil, salvia, romero y tomillo,
Y sembrar por todas partes con un grano de pimienta?
Y serás un verdadero amante de la mía.

¿Se puede cosechar con una hoz de cuero,
Perejil, salvia, romero y tomillo,
Y enlazarlo con una pluma de pavo real?
Y serás un verdadero amante de la mía.

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