| La Calandria (original) | La Calandria (translation) |
|---|---|
| En una jaula de oro | In a golden cage |
| Pendiente del balcón | balcony slope |
| Se hallaba una calandria | a calandria was found |
| Cantando su dolor | Singing your pain |
| Hasta que un gorrioncillo | Until a little sparrow |
| A su jaula llego | I arrived at his cage |
| «Si usted puede sacarme | "If you can get me out |
| Con usted yo me voy.» | I am going with you." |
| Y el pobre gorrioncillo | And the poor little sparrow |
| De ella se enamoro | I fell in love with her |
| Y el pobre como pudo | And the poor as he could |
| Los alambres rompió | the wires snapped |
| Y la ingrata calandria | And the ungrateful calandria |
| Después que la sacó | After he took her out |
| Tan luego se vio libre | So then she was free |
| Voló, voló y voló | She flew, she flew and she flew |
| El pobre gorrioncillo | The poor little sparrow |
| Todavía la siguió | she still followed her |
| PA' ver si le cumplía | PA 'see if she met him |
| Lo que le prometió | what she promised him |
| La malvada calandria | the wicked calandria |
| Esto le contestó: | This he replied: |
| «a uste ni lo conozco | "I don't even know you |
| Ni presa he sido yo.» | Nor have I been a prey.” |
| Y triste el gorrioncillo | And sad the little sparrow |
| Luego se regresó | Then she went back |
| Se paró en un manzano | She stood in an apple tree |
| Lloró, lloró y lloró | She cried and cried and cried |
| Y ahora en esa jaula | And now in that cage |
| Pendiente del balcón | balcony slope |
| Se encuentra el gorrioncillo | The little sparrow is found |
| Cantando su pasión | Singing your passion |
| En una jaula de oro | In a golden cage |
| Pendiente del balcón | balcony slope |
| Se hallaba una calandria | a calandria was found |
| Cantando su dolor | Singing your pain |
| Hasta que un gorrioncillo | Until a little sparrow |
| A su jaula llego | To his cage of him I arrive |
| «Si usted puede sacarme | "If you can get me out |
| Con usted yo me voy.» | I am going with you." |
| Y el pobre gorrioncillo | And the poor little sparrow |
| De ella se enamoro | I fell in love with her |
| Y el pobre como pudo | And the poor as she could |
| Los alambres rompió | the wires snapped |
| Y la ingrata calandria | And the ungrateful calandria |
| Después que la sacó | After he took her out |
| Tan luego se vio libre | So then she was free |
| Voló, voló y voló | She flew, she flew and she flew |
