Chorus:

Pepe el Romano!

Mezzo-soprano:

Pepe el Romano!

You go running off alive

through the shadows of the poplars.

But one day, Pepe, you will fall!

Chorus:

Pepe el Romano!

Mezzo-soprano:

My daughter has died a virgin.

Take her to her room

and dress her all in white.

Let the church bells toll at dawn.

No one say anything!

My daughter died a virgin.

she died a virgin.

Silence!

I want no weeping.

We must look at death

face to face

Tears when you’re alone.

We’ll all drown in a sea of mourning.

She, the youngest daughter of Bernarda Alba,

has died a virgin.

Do you hear me?

Silence! I said silence!

She, the youngest daughter of Bernarda Alba,

has died a virgin.

Silence!