Filipinki - Bal Arlekina

In a big toy store,
filled with dressed up dolls,
tonight, behind the blinds,
the harlequin wants to throw a ball.
He wants to win Colombina's heart
and sing ballads tonight.
He was tuning his mandolin,
when the plush bear whispered to him:

Chorus:
"These are not the times, harlequin, not the times,
today it's saxophones, harlequin, and double basses.
And you won't be able to win hearts through ballads,
because the time of harlequinade has long passed.

Today Colombinas want beguines or twists.
So harlequin, before the night fades, make use of it,
and dance the twist with Colombina, who knows
that only the twist, twist, twist is danced."

The grand ball is starting,
everywhere there's nothing but twist.
The beautiful Colombina is dancing,
and the harlequin is writing a letter:
"My lady, I love you madly,
but the rhythm of the heart is drowned
by the fashionable heavy beat,
and the hearts can't be heard through the big beat.

Chorus:
These are new times, harlequin, new times.
Today it's saxophones, harlequin, and double basses.
And you won't be able to win hearts through ballads,
because the time of harlequinade has long passed.

Today Colombinas want beguines or twists.
So harlequin, before the night fades, make use of it,
and dance the twist with Colombina, who knows
that only the twist, twist, twist is danced.

Today Colombinas want beguines or twists.
So harlequin, before the night fades, make use of it,
and dance the twist with Colombina, who knows
that only the twist, twist, twist is danced!"