Career
Jurado began performing flamenco at a very young age, debuting on the big screen in 1962 with Los guerrilleros, acting alongside Manolo Escobar. She also played a main role in 1966's Proceso a una estrella and 1971's Una chica casi decente. While temporarily living in Argentina, the Spanish diva participated in a successful musical called La zapatera prodigiosa, based on Federico García Lorca's work. After teaming with composer Manuel Alejandro, Rocío Jurado became a major and beloved figure on the Latin music scene, acclaimed throughout America and Spain after releasing Muera el amor and Señora, among other hits.
Illness
In 2004, Jurado was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer for which she was treated in Houston, Texas in 2006. In April 2006, she was also treated for acute liver failure in a hospital in Madrid, Spain. On May 26, 2006, Spain's Culture Minister Carmen Calvo announced that Jurado had suffered a stroke, an assertion denied by Jurado's personal physician Dr. Domingo and by her brother and manager Amador Mohedano. She died at 5:15 in the morning on June 1st, 2006, at her home in La Moraleja, Madrid, aged 61. She is buried in her hometown, Chipiona, Cadiz, in the San José Cemetery.
Cinco Farolas
Rocío Jurado Lyrics
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Las lenguas de vecindonas
Porque de sobra yo sé
Por quien está su persona.
Cinco luceros azules
Alumbran cinco farolas
Desde su casa a mi casa
Cinco añitos que le quiero
Cinco añitos que me adora,
La mala gente que sabe
Que sabe de nuestras cosas.
Si yo sé que me quieres, como le quiero
A que darle tres cuartos al pregonero
Desde su puerta misma hasta su puerta
La vereita verde, no cría yerba, no cría yerba.
Yo no quiero ni saberlo
Vecina, cierre la boca
Y no me venga a decir
Que él va a casarse con otra.
Los cinco añitos cabales
Queriéndole hora tras hora
Son un cordel en mi cuello
Que la garganta me ahoga.
Con carbones encendidos,
Que le quemen esa boca
Al que juró tantas veces
Que estaba por mi persona.
Se apagaron las cinco, cinco farolas,
Pa que nadie me vea llorando a solas
¡Ay, que penita madre!, ¡Madre que pena!
La vereita verde, cuajá de yerba,
Cuajá de yerba.
The first verse of Rocio Jurado's song Cinco Farolas talks about how the singer does not listen to gossip from the neighbors' tongues, as she knows who her partner truly is. She then goes on to describe five blue stars lighting up five street lamps, representing the distance between her house and her partner's. She has been in love with him for five years, and the bad people who know about their relationship try to interfere by spreading rumors. However, she knows he loves her as she loves him, and she is willing to endure the pain caused by their love. The singer even wishes harm on those who have betrayed her trust, and the regret of their actions is highlighted in the final verse; the five street lamps that once lit up the path between the two lovers' homes has now been extinguished, leaving the singer alone in her misery.
Line by Line Meaning
Yo no escucho lo que dicen
I don't listen to what the neighborhood women say because I already know who loves who.
Las lenguas de vecindonas
The gossips in the neighborhood
Porque de sobra yo sé
I already know
Por quien está su persona
Who loves whom
Cinco luceros azules
Five blue stars
Alumbran cinco farolas
Light up five street lamps
Desde su casa a mi casa
From his house to mine
Desde su boca a su boca
From his mouth to hers
Cinco añitos que le quiero
Five years that I have loved him
Cinco añitos que me adora
Five years that he has adored me
La mala gente que sabe
The bad people who know
Que sabe de nuestras cosas
Who know about our things
Si yo sé que me quieres, como le quiero
If I know that you love me as much as I love you
A que darle tres cuartos al pregonero
Why pay the town crier to spread the word?
Desde su puerta misma hasta su puerta
From his door to hers
La vereita verde, no cría yerba, no cría yerba
The green path, nothing grows on it
Yo no quiero ni saberlo
I don't even want to know
Vecina, cierre la boca
Neighbor, keep your mouth shut
Y no me venga a decir
And don't come to tell me
Que él va a casarse con otra
That he's going to marry someone else
Los cinco añitos cabales
The complete five years
Queriéndole hora tras hora
Loving him hour after hour
Son un cordel en mi cuello
They are a rope around my neck
Que la garganta me ahoga
That chokes my throat
Con carbones encendidos,
With burning coals
Que le quemen esa boca
May they burn that mouth of his
Al que juró tantas veces
To the one who swore so many times
Que estaba por mi persona.
That he was for me.
Se apagaron las cinco, cinco farolas,
The five, five street lights turned off
Pa que nadie me vea llorando a solas
So that no one sees me crying alone
¡Ay, que penita madre!, ¡Madre que pena!
Oh, how sad, mother! Mother, what a shame!
La vereita verde, cuajá de yerba,
The green path, covered with grass
Cuajá de yerba.
Covered with grass.
Contributed by Colton K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@rafaelnunez4725
rocio jurado hacia las cancioes tan suyas, que despues que pasaban por su garganta, ninguna la igualaba y hasta hacia otras versiones corrientes, sin quitar importancia a otras grandes, pero esta voz tenia unos registros unicos...
@salvadormartin3945
Estoy con Antonio Gala. Rocío tenía un rosal en la garganta. Que grandiosidad de voz y como vocalisaba. Y belleza de mujer. Cantaba todo hasta la he visto cantar jazz. Una pasada la mejor de voz de España.
@Cris-ht6py
No la había escuchado la canción La Cincos Farolas a la señora Rocío Jurado la cantaba preciosa con su voz maravillosa tenia otro timbre de voz que dios le dio a mí señora Rocío Jurado descanse en paz 🙏🙏🌹🇪🇸🌹♥️🇺🇾2021♥️
@Rodrigo-rx3nf
Como alguém pode não gostar desta versão???? Não devem ter ouvidos essas pessoas que deram o dislike
@germanquintero10121946
una voz única para una bella versión
@antoniocanadas5452
Increìble! La màs grande de todos los tiempos!
@teresa4868
Yo no soy española pero me encanta la copla.y todas estas mujeres y hombres son estrellas.a mi me emocionan mucho.no entiendo por qué hay que insultar para compartir opiniones.no lo hagamos .un saludo a todos
@aliciamarqueamunoz5169
¡NADIE LA IGUALARA JAMAS!!!
@maicadelrioperez9894
Guapa
@Cris-ht6py
Como usted decia soy Rocío Jurado la de España fue la mas grande cantante 🙏🌹🌹🇪🇸🌹♥️🇺🇾2021♥️