La Niña, la Pinta, la Santa María [English translation]

One day, Queen Isabella of Castile

Gave to Columbus a little ship

Three Caravelles with lifeboats and luggage (1)

Ready for everything, ready for boarding (x)

So Columbus, the genovese admiral

With so much deckhands, but little expenses

Left towards India, with wind in his sails

But exactly that wind would betray him

The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria

Whipped by an offshore wind from the north

The sailor Rodrigo De Triana (2)

Although he had an eye-patch over one eye

Shouted for a week, that he'd sighted land

They all got to eat and drink

But upon seeing those dark-skinned faces

The great Conquistador immediately realized

It wasn't India but San Salvador !

The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria

After three moons, it came on the fourth day

Columbus said: it's time to sail back !

And departed, with stowage packed full

Of red tomatoes, peanuts and potatoes.

Big pineapples, and dwarf-like turkeys

White beans and brazilian parrots,

With corn, papaya, pepperoni,

Cocoa, tobacco and rubber.

The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria

Upon his return, Isabella of Castile

Gave to Columbus a bull and a silk veil

Gave to the captain and also the whole crew

Four Pesetas and a pound of cheese (3)

He gave a party for hundred and twenty days

Not just in spain, but also the surrounding area

And this thanks to Columbus, the navigator

Who discovered America by accident

With

The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria

The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria

• Artist:Zecchino d'Oro