Scènica in english

WELCOME TO SCÈNICA

 

Performing arts frame

our falla, as you will see,

and speak to us of today’s world,

giving it a thorough review within.

 

We will find the disciplines

practiced upon the stage,

portraying in its scenes

bandits, villains, and tricksters.

 

The falla is always wit,

grace unique to the fallero,

which the falla presents to us,

being exactly what must be done.

 

Yes, ladies and gentlemen,

in the Regne, a falla is planted,

and throughout the world, it criticizes…

for satire never stays silent!

 

TURANDOT

Turandot, beautiful princess,

within immortal opera,

was a woman in full power…

mighty and passionate!

 

Spain, a chaste diva

of the national stage,

is courted and seduced

by the most radical force.

 

CALAF

The secret of the name is kept,

with Calaf so charming,

but Spain ignores of him…

that he is a great deceiver!

 

The politician who governs,

no matter the party,

squanders on the diva…

while lying to the people!

 

THE ADVISORS

These three great advisors

are fickle journalists,

who give advice… for money…

for they are mere opportunists!

 

Far-right or far-left,

of Sanchismo or the PePé,

it does not matter, for if there’s a paycheck…

they speak well of whoever pays!

 

HITTING THE HIGH NOTES

In Spain, people sing out

as is often well known,

be it in public, on television…

or even by dying in fame!

 

What arias we hear

from national operettas,

be they shouts in Benidorm…

or genital issues!

 

MIME

He steps onto the scale,

this poor soul so light,

as inflation leaves him…

without a single euro in sight!

 

He pays for gas, for light, for rent,

he pays and pays non-stop,

for urban life is simply living…

to pay!

 

Bending over backwards,

this guy finds no solace,

as the Tax Agency inspects…

his very hole!

 

Filing taxes or quarterly reports

is a truly Spanish custom,

for the treasury pokes around…

from behind… to the throat!

 

PUPPETS

We falleros are mere puppets,

moved like simple tools,

when the fallas are controlled

by municipal rules.

 

Mighty is the City Council,

it has fallas in its grip:

bureaucracy, torments…

and of course, a lot of tricks!

 

To many, Nico Garcés,

Secretary of the Board,

is the image of the Devil…

if he sharpens the jury’s sword!

 

Some folks at El Pilar

seek to have him exorcised,

and if he lands at El Convento…

his sins might be purified!

 

Like a brand-new Popeye,

you see Santi Ballester,

who took the candidates

on a cruise to Ibiza.

 

The short-lived trip

sparked quite the dispute,

for it seemed like a gift…

though no money was looted!

 

BALLET

A ballet, a macabre dance,

these two are staging,

so that the world, by their alliance,

now looks on, trembling!

 

Donald Trump, spraying his hairspray,

like Mayrén Beneyto,

defies the planet…

for he couldn’t care less!

 

Trump hands out tariffs,

while Putin, cracking nuts,

inside Europe and NATO…

delights in breaking our guts!

 

The gift from this duo

is war, cruel and vile,

seizing Ukraine’s harvest…

and trading it for a pile of cash!

 

Yes, we know, there’s no dispute…

it all rhymed with son of a… fruit!

 

THEATER

Here stands Mazón, watching

as Valencia suffered,

and yet, he still insists…

he has no plans to quit!

 

A mere spectator…

a blank fish, lacking blood,

who had no reaction…

when we were drowned in mud!

 

Mazón just stood there, staring,

but next to him, how fitting,

you see the other ruler…

who simply left his seat empty!

 

Where is Sánchez, for God’s sake?

He had a ticket, but he’s not here!

In Paiporta, they’re still waiting…

but he won’t ever disappear!

 

«Only the people save the people,»

what pride in Valencians,

Valencianas, noble folks…

we are brothers and sisters!

 

MUSIC

The bands in the villages

were punished by storms and mud,

but with strength and resilience…

they will shine again in the sun!

 

They are the pride of our land,

they are culture, they are sound,

they are music, they are the band,

they are the cure for the heart!

 

CIRCUS

Welcome to Spain’s grand circus,

of the national politician,

who gives us a spectacle…

of sheer madness and fiction!

 

Isabel Díaz Ayuso

offers you front-row seats,

to watch as they prosecute…

several of her elites!

 

The wild one, Abascal,

has taken aim at Feijóo,

their alliance is a sore…

a hemorrhoid that won’t let go!

 

The Popular politician

never knows where to lay his egg,

spinning rightward in circles…

without a pause to rest his legs!

 

The dangerous far-right

looms as you can see,

for across half of Europe…

they march to Trump’s beat!

 

You won’t believe your eyes

when you see Pedro Sánchez,

for no one is prepared…

for the tricks he manages!

 

What he says seems untrue…

and that’s because it is…

it’s a deceitful lie…

that hypnotizes in Congress!

 

There he is, hypnotizing

public opinion with skill,

for he claims a lie is nothing more…

than a change of will!

 

He holds Franco dear

and parades him around,

for in truth, he needs him…

and keeps bringing him back from the ground!