For me, the lyric doesn't necessarily need to even make sense - often I have no idea what is being sung. One of my all time favs is 'Suite Judy Blue Eyes', as performed by CS&N at Woodstock. I still have little clue what the words are actually about ... and finding an accurate translation of the Spanish in the closing stanza has not been entirely convincing. But the lyrics undenaibly (for me) add to the beauty of the piece.
I may not be alone in this, but sometimes lyrics in foreign languages are kind of 'mysterious' and somehow much more inspriring than the reality of what is actually being sung. Probably a similar reason the media were not allowed in the past to broadcast the casual spoken word of the British monarchy ... (I have no idea if that is still the case). The reality would be far more boring, I would guess - than the truth.
Just an opinion, folks ...
Ian
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